A Walk in the Park: The Life and Times of a People's Institution
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A Walk in the Park: The Life and Times of a People's Institution
Author: Elborough, Travis
Brand: VINTAGE
Binding: paperback
Format: Import
Number Of Pages: 416
Release Date: 01-06-2017
Part Number: 9780099593829
Details: 'A fascinating, informative, revelatory book' William Boyd, Guardian
Parks are such a familiar part of everyday life, you might be forgiven for thinking they have always been there. In fact, public parks are an invention. From their medieval inception as private hunting grounds through to their modern incarnation as public spaces of rest and relaxation, parks have been fought over by land-grabbing monarchs, reforming Victorian industrialists, hippies, punks, and somewhere along the way, the common folk trying to savour their single day of rest.
In A Walk in the Park, Travis Elborough excavates the history of parks in all their colour and complexity. Loving, funny and impassioned, this is a timely celebration of a small wonder that – in an age of swingeing cuts – we should not take for granted.
EAN: 9780099593829
Package Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 1.2 inches
Languages: English
