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Enclosures from below? The politics of squatting and encroachment in the post‐Restoration New Forest.
- Source :
- Historical Research; May2018, Vol. 91 Issue 252, p274-295, 22p
- Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- Abstract: Notwithstanding recent interest in the politics of housing, squatting in the formative contexts of post‐Restoration rural England remains little understood and studied. Drawing upon a diverse archive of central government papers and those of the local officers of the New Forest – the largest Crown forest in England and Wales – this article argues that the resort to squatting was a function of the uneven contours of forest governance. Moreover, while squatting led to the formation of new communities, it was neither exclusively a plebeian act nor, against official discourses, necessarily an abuse of the assets of the forest. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- HOUSING
SOCIAL movements
FORESTS & forestry
FOREST conservation
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09503471
- Volume :
- 91
- Issue :
- 252
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Historical Research
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 129077614
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2281.12218