some thoughts on emerging chapters of the forthcoming book.
Thread: I'm firming up my book proposal for book 3, working title Contested Public Space in England, 1700-2000.
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Currently working on chapter descriptions and what I still need to research after my @BritishAcademy_ fellowship has finished pic.twitter.com/3MlcKFXb2a
2. Waste.
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We often forget that the corollary to commons is manorial waste. Waste was where the deepest conflicts over rights and land often occurred. Waste includes grass verges, often a site of protest. pic.twitter.com/Kkjjfsg8Z1
3. Railings.
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Railings railed off public spaces, protest meetings, trespassers and people designated as outsiders or transgressors. pic.twitter.com/o8Ri1c7dsI
5. Who are the public in public space?
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Passenger or vagrant? Traveller or traveller? Public Space Protection Orders and Withdrawal of Permission notices. pic.twitter.com/gI84muyLyn
… but before FWW, most land was privately owned. And ultimately all land in England and Wales was and is owned by the Crown. So privatisation is in some ways just a return to the norm; 1919-79 was an anomaly.
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