From Acorn to Oak Tree the Growth of the National Trust 1895 - 1994

Jenkins, Jennifer; James, Patrick

ISBN 10: 033358953X / ISBN 13: 9780333589533

Published by Macmillan, London, 1994

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369pp, illust. (b&w and colour), as new.

Seller Inventory # 000913

Bibliographic Details

• Title: From Acorn to Oak Tree the Growth of the National Trust 1895 - 1994
• Publisher: Macmillan, London
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 033358953X
• ISBN 13: 9780333589533
• Binding: Blue Cloth
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

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Synopsis

A comprehensive study and documentation of the growth of the National Trust covering its internal wranglings, dealings with the government, and a diverse range of people from Beatrix Potter to Bernard Shaw. Celebrating it centenary, this is a record of the institution's achievements. The National Trust has become the largest private landowner in the country. From its early concern with the countryside and with the preservation of common land, it has come to embrace historic houses, gardens, prehistoric monuments and coastline. The decline of the landed classes, increases in death duties and changes of lifestyle over the past hundred years, particularly since World War I, have increased the responsibilities of the Trust. It has become the guardian of the nation's heritage.