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The Debatable Land

Author : Graham Robb
Publisher : Picador
ISBN 13 : 1760558680
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (65 download)

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Download or read book The Debatable Land written by Graham Robb and published by Picador. This book was released on 2018-02-13 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Debatable Land was an independent territory which used to exist between Scotland and England. It is the oldest detectable territorial division in Great Britain. At the height of its notoriety, it was the bloodiest region in the country, and preoccupied the monarchs and parliaments of England, Scotland and France. After most of its population was slaughtered or deported, it became the last part of Great Britain to be conquered and brought under the control of a state. Today, it has vanished from the map and no one knows exactly where and what it was. When Graham Robb moved to a lonely house on the very edge of England, he discovered that the river which almost surrounded his new home had once marked the Debatable Land’s southern boundary. Under the powerful spell of curiosity, Robb began a journey – on foot, by bicycle and into the past – that would uncover lost towns and roads, shed new light on the Dark Age, reveal the truth about this maligned patch of land, and lead to more than one discovery of major historical significance. For the first time – and with all of his customary charm, wit and literary grace – Graham Robb, prize-winning author of The Discovery of France, has written about his native country. The Debatable Land is an epic and energetic book that takes us from 2016 back to an age when neither England nor Scotland could be imagined to reveal a crucial, missing piece in the puzzle of British history.

Debatable Land Between this World and the Next

Author : Robert Dale Owen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (25 download)

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Download or read book Debatable Land Between this World and the Next written by Robert Dale Owen and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Debatable Land

Author : Candia McWilliam
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1408826976
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book Debatable Land written by Candia McWilliam and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2011-08-15 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: _______________________ WINNER OF THE GUARDIAN FICTION PRIZE _______________________ 'McWilliam is an astonishing wordmaster who time and again dazzles the reader' - Penelope Fitzgerald, Times Literary Supplement 'A very distinguished examination into stability and instability, pattern and memory, and the drifting terror of our lives' - Guardian 'By far the most enjoyable novel I have read this year' - Spectator _______________________ Set on a sailing boat as it travels from Tahiti to New Zealand, Debatable Land is a story of memory, childhood and longing. On board Ardent Spirit are the painter Alec Dundas, escaping a destructive, failed relationship; Logan Urquhart, the restless skipper; his troubled second wife Elspeth, who fears Logan is slipping away from her; Nick and Sandro, two marine nomads; and Gabriel, an attractive young woman who captivates the men. As the ship sails from island to island, the inner dramas of these six disparate individuals spill over into their relationships with one another. But when a storm arrives, they are wrenched from the personal and forced to face the present danger. _______________________ 'A very distinguished examination into stability and instability, pattern and memory, and the drifting terror of our lives' - Guardian

The Debatable Land

Author : Herbert Eugene Bolton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Debatable Land written by Herbert Eugene Bolton and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

"The Debatable Land"

Author : Arthur Colton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book "The Debatable Land" written by Arthur Colton and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Debatable Land: The Lost World Between Scotland and England

Author : Graham Robb
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393285332
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (932 download)

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Download or read book The Debatable Land: The Lost World Between Scotland and England written by Graham Robb and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2018-06-12 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Best-selling author Graham Robb finds that the 2,000-year-old map of Ptolemy unlocks a central mystery of British history. Two years ago, Graham Robb moved to a lonely house on the very edge of England, near the banks of a river that once marked the southern boundary of the legendary Debatable Land. The oldest detectable territorial division in Great Britain, the Debatable Land served as a buffer between Scotland and England. It was once the bloodiest region in the country, fought over by Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, and James V. After most of its population was slaughtered or deported, it became the last part of Great Britain to be brought under the control of the state. Today, it has vanished from the map and its boundaries are matters of myth and generational memories. Under the spell of a powerful curiosity, Robb began a journey—on foot, by bicycle, and into the past—that would uncover lost towns and roads, and unlock more than one discovery of major historical significance. These personal and scholarly adventures reveal a tale that spans Roman, Medieval, and present-day Britain. Rich in detail and epic in scope, The Debatable Land takes us from a time when neither England nor Scotland existed to the present day, when contemporary nationalism and political turmoil threaten to unsettle the cross-border community once more. With his customary charm, wit, and literary grace, Graham Robb proves the Debatable Land to be a crucial, missing piece in the puzzle of British history.

The Women of the Debatable Land

Author : Alexander Hunter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book The Women of the Debatable Land written by Alexander Hunter and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Romanticism's Debatable Lands

Author : C. Lamont
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230210872
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book Romanticism's Debatable Lands written by C. Lamont and published by Springer. This book was released on 2007-04-17 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book uses the theme of 'debatable lands', to explore aspects of writing in the Romantic period. Walter Scott brought it to a wider public, and the phrase came to be applied to debates which were intellectual, political or artistic. These debates are pursued in a collection of essays grouped under the headings such as 'Britain and Ireland'.

The Discovery of France: A Historical Geography

Author : Graham Robb
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393068825
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (688 download)

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Download or read book The Discovery of France: A Historical Geography written by Graham Robb and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2008-10-17 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A witty, engaging narrative style…[Robb's] approach is particularly engrossing." —New York Times Book Review A narrative of exploration—full of strange landscapes and even stranger inhabitants—that explains the enduring fascination of France. While Gustave Eiffel was changing the skyline of Paris, large parts of France were still terra incognita. Even in the age of railways and newspapers, France was a land of ancient tribal divisions, prehistoric communication networks, and pre-Christian beliefs. French itself was a minority language. Graham Robb describes that unknown world in arresting narrative detail. He recounts the epic journeys of mapmakers, scientists, soldiers, administrators, and intrepid tourists, of itinerant workers, pilgrims, and herdsmen with their millions of migratory domestic animals. We learn how France was explored, charted, and colonized, and how the imperial influence of Paris was gradually extended throughout a kingdom of isolated towns and villages. The Discovery of France explains how the modern nation came to be and how poorly understood that nation still is today. Above all, it shows how much of France—past and present—remains to be discovered. A New York Times Notable Book, Publishers Weekly Best Book, Slate Best Book, and Booklist Editor's Choice.

The History of Liddesdale, Eskdale, Ewesdale, Wauchopedale and the Debateable Land: "From the Twelfth Century to 1530."

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Author : Robert Bruce Armstrong
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 470 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (117 download)

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Download or read book The History of Liddesdale, Eskdale, Ewesdale, Wauchopedale and the Debateable Land: "From the Twelfth Century to 1530." written by Robert Bruce Armstrong and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Battle for Yellowstone

Author : Justin Farrell
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691176302
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)

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Download or read book The Battle for Yellowstone written by Justin Farrell and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2017-02-28 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yellowstone holds a special place in America's heart. As the world's first national park, it is globally recognized as the crown jewel of modern environmental preservation. But the park and its surrounding regions have recently become a lightning rod for environmental conflict, plagued by intense and intractable political struggles among the federal government, National Park Service, environmentalists, industry, local residents, and elected officials. The Battle for Yellowstone asks why it is that, with the flood of expert scientific, economic, and legal efforts to resolve disagreements over Yellowstone, there is no improvement? Why do even seemingly minor issues erupt into impassioned disputes? What can Yellowstone teach us about the worsening environmental conflicts worldwide? Justin Farrell argues that the battle for Yellowstone has deep moral, cultural, and spiritual roots that until now have been obscured by the supposedly rational and technical nature of the conflict. Tracing in unprecedented detail the moral causes and consequences of large-scale social change in the American West, he describes how a "new-west" social order has emerged that has devalued traditional American beliefs about manifest destiny and rugged individualism, and how morality and spirituality have influenced the most polarizing and techno-centric conflicts in Yellowstone's history. This groundbreaking book shows how the unprecedented conflict over Yellowstone is not all about science, law, or economic interests, but more surprisingly, is about cultural upheaval and the construction of new moral and spiritual boundaries in the American West.

Land of Necessity

Author : Alexis McCrossen
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 0822390787
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (223 download)

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Download or read book Land of Necessity written by Alexis McCrossen and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-19 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published in cooperation with the William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist University. In Land of Necessity, historians and anthropologists unravel the interplay of the national and transnational and of scarcity and abundance in the region split by the 1,969-mile boundary line dividing Mexico and the United States. This richly illustrated volume, with more than 100 images including maps, photographs, and advertisements, explores the convergence of broad demographic, economic, political, cultural, and transnational developments resulting in various forms of consumer culture in the borderlands. Though its importance is uncontestable, the role of necessity in consumer culture has rarely been explored. Indeed, it has been argued that where necessity reigns, consumer culture is anemic. This volume demonstrates otherwise. In doing so, it sheds new light on the history of the U.S.-Mexico borderlands, while also opening up similar terrain for scholarly inquiry into consumer culture. The volume opens with two chapters that detail the historical trajectories of consumer culture and the borderlands. In the subsequent chapters, contributors take up subjects including smuggling, tourist districts and resorts, purchasing power, and living standards. Others address home décor, housing, urban development, and commercial real estate, while still others consider the circulation of cinematic images, contraband, used cars, and clothing. Several contributors discuss the movement of people across borders, within cities, and in retail spaces. In the two afterwords, scholars reflect on the U.S.-Mexico borderlands as a particular site of trade in labor, land, leisure, and commodities, while also musing about consumer culture as a place of complex political and economic negotiations. Through its focus on the borderlands, this volume provides valuable insight into the historical and contemporary aspects of the big “isms” shaping modern life: capitalism, nationalism, transnationalism, globalism, and, without a doubt, consumerism. Contributors. Josef Barton, Peter S. Cahn, Howard Campbell, Lawrence Culver, Amy S. Greenberg, Josiah McC. Heyman, Sarah Hill, Alexis McCrossen, Robert Perez, Laura Isabel Serna, Rachel St. John, Mauricio Tenorio-Trillo, Evan R. Ward

Debatable Land

Author : Michael R. J. Vatikiotis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Debatable Land written by Michael R. J. Vatikiotis and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Debateable Land Between this World and the Next ...

Author : Robert Dale Owen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.V/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Debateable Land Between this World and the Next ... written by Robert Dale Owen and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Discovery of Middle Earth: Mapping the Lost World of the Celts

Author : Graham Robb
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 039308163X
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book The Discovery of Middle Earth: Mapping the Lost World of the Celts written by Graham Robb and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2013-11-04 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes a discovery the author made in the Alps, which uncovered a treasure trove of Druid celestial mathematics that mapped out the entire geography of ancient Europe, and discusses the implications of this new information.

Residential Land Development Practices

Author : David E. Johnson
Publisher : ASCE Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780784405611
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (56 download)

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Download or read book Residential Land Development Practices written by David E. Johnson and published by ASCE Publications. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Primer for use by engineering schools and their students, and will provide real estate industry professionals with the practical tools to realize quick positive project results and the ability to implement these tools immediately on the job.

Border Reiver 1513–1603

Author : Keith Durham
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1780966431
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Border Reiver 1513–1603 written by Keith Durham and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-04-20 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stretching from the North Sea to the Solway Firth, the Border region has a sharply diverse landscape and was a battleground for over 300 years as the English and Scottish monarchs encouraged their subjects to conduct raids across their respective borders. This Warrior title will detail how this narrow strip of land influenced the Borderer's way of life in times of war. Covering every aspect of militant life, from the choice of weapons and armour to the building of fortified houses, this book gives the readers a chance to understand what it must have been like to live life in a late-medieval war zone.