Author

Publication

2017 - Manchester University Press

Language

English

Word Count

68,000 words, Guess

Page Count

272 pages

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL28633970M
  • ISBN-139781526110329
  • ISBN-101526110326
  • OCLC Control Number988299449
  • Better World Books9781526110329

Classifications

  • LCCNA7620
  • LCCNA7620 .T73 2017

Description

Travel and the British country house explores the ways in which travel by owners, visitors and material objects shaped country houses during the long eighteenth century. It provides a richer and more nuanced understanding of this relationship, and how it varied according to the identity of the traveler and the geography of their journeys. The essays explore how travel on the Grand Tour, and further afield, formed an inspiration to build or remodel houses and gardens; the importance of country house visiting in shaping taste amongst British and European elites, and the practical aspects of travel, including the expenditure involved. Suitable for a scholarly audience, including postgraduate and undergraduate students, but also accessible to the general reader, Travel and the British country house offers a series of fascinating studies of the country house that serve to animate the country house with flows of people, goods and ideas.

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Other Editions

  • Travel and the British Country HouseManchester University Press2017

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