The countryside is cherished by many Britons. There is a depth of
feeling about rural places, the moors and lochs, valleys and
mountains, cottages and country houses. Yet the British
countryside, so integral to our national identity, is rarely seen
as having anything to do with British colonialism. Where the
countryside is celebrated, histories of empire are forgotten. In
Our Island Stories, historian Corinne Fowler brings rural life and
colonial rule together with transformative results. Through ten
country walks, roaming the island with varied companions, Fowler
combines local and global history, connecting the Cotswolds to
Calcutta, Dolgellau to Virginia, and Grasmere to Canton. Empire
transformed rural lives for better and for worse: whether in Welsh
sheep farms or Cornish copper mines, it offered both opportunity
and exploitation. Fowler shows how the booming profits of overseas
colonial activities, and the select few who benefited, directly
contributed to enclosure, land clearances and dispossession. These
histories, usually considered separately, continue to shape lives
across Britain today. To give an honest account, to offer both
affection and criticism, is a matter of respect: we should not
knowingly tell half a history. This new knowledge of our island
stories, once gained, can only deepen Britons' relationship with
their beloved landscape.
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