Protest practice and (tree) cultures of conflict: Understanding the spaces of 'tree maiming' in eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century England

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 91-108

  Griffin, Carl ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archival; England; Non human; Protest; Resistance; Tree maiming

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY; CULTURAL TRADITION; POPULAR PROTEST; SOCIAL CONFLICT; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL MOVEMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 38049089916     PISSN: 00202754     EISSN: 14755661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-5661.2007.00282.x     Document Type: Article

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