Our Island Stories: Ten Walks through Rural Britain and Its Hidden History of Empire Magazines and Periodicals It is an indispensable resource

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Our Island Stories: Ten Walks through Rural Britain and Its Hidden History of Empire Magazines and Periodicals It is an indispensable resourceThe 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