Landscapes of Privilege

James Duncan is a University Lecturer in Geography at Cambridge University, and Nancy Duncan is Affiliated Lecturer of Geography at Cambridge University.

• 1. Introduction 2. Bedford in Context 3. The Narrative Structures: The Cultural Codes of a Landscape Aesthetic 4. Anxious Pleasures: Place-Based Identity and the Look of the Land 5. Legislating Beauty: The Politics of Exclusion 6. The Taxman Cometh: The Gift of Nature in Suburbia 7. Fabricating History: The Production of Heritage in Beford Village 8. Another Country: Latino Labor and the Politics of Disappearance 9. Epilogue

"I think that this book will make quite a stir: not just in the suburb under study...but in the wider academic community where its transcendence.will generate much commentary and not a little jealousy." -- John Agnew, author of Geopolitics (Routledge)No.1, Vol.71; Pg.105"Studying elites is an interesting subject, and this book makes the most of the topic using critical landscape theory." -- Journal of the American Planning Association-Landscape of Privilege: The Politic of the Aesthetics in an American Suburb"...the authors support a well-framed, strong central arguement with abundant empirical evidence in a clearly organized format and with engaging, eloquent text. It is worth careful reading and reflection." -- Journal of Cultural Geography, Kelly S, Draper, University of Colorado