'Britain an island again' : nature, the military and popular views of the British countryside, c.1930-1965

This thesis is a mythical and empirical history of British interactions with the countryside in the mid-twentieth century, through a case study of the Suffolk coast. From early in the twentieth century aeroplane flight focussed attention on Britain’s status as an island, an effect compounded by the...

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Main Author: Davis, Sophia Danielle
Published: University of Cambridge 2011
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.598385