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High and low in the townscapes of Dutch South America and South Africa: the dialectics of material culture (1991)
Journal Article
Hall, M. (1991). High and low in the townscapes of Dutch South America and South Africa: the dialectics of material culture. Social Dynamics, 17(2), 41-75. https://doi.org/10.1080/02533959108458512

The Dutch East and West India Companies established colonies in the Caribbean, Brazil and at the Cape of Good Hope. The resulting townscapes can be read as artefacts of domination - attempts to stamp order on the chaos of newly-colonized lands. But a... Read More about High and low in the townscapes of Dutch South America and South Africa: the dialectics of material culture.

Raymond Williams and local cultures (1991)
Journal Article
Longhurst, B. (1991). Raymond Williams and local cultures. Environment and Planning A, 23(2), 229-238. https://doi.org/10.1068/a230229

In this paper it is maintained that Raymond Williams's writings on culture are of great importance to current developments in cultural geography. His work is periodised into three stages and its different subject matters identified. An interpretation... Read More about Raymond Williams and local cultures.

The future of imprisonment in Scotland (1991)
Book Chapter
Adler, M., & Longhurst, B. (1991). The future of imprisonment in Scotland. In J. Muncie, & R. Sparks (Eds.), Imprisonment: European Perspectives (166-176). Hemel Hempstead: Harvester Wheatsheaf