This book by David Matless is the 2nd in a proposed trilogy of books about England and Englishness.
It's dense and full of scholarship and I have very much enjoyed reading it.
The book explores the development of the idea of Englishness, and inclues a wealth of additional reading material and also cultural references gleaned from a huge range of sources, which are pieced together to tell a story of certain aspects of the country's character and geography.
The chapter on Suburbia for example explores different aspects of the development of this area, and the way that it has been represented over the years: once aspirational but now perhaps not...
It references a whole range of geographers.
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