{"product_id":"the-america-ground-hastings","title":"The America Ground Hastings","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe America Ground: 8½ acres of Hastings town centre that in the early nineteenth century was an open section of beach, apparently beyond the borough boundary and with no obvious owner.\u003c\/strong\u003e Free from the rules of local authority and taxes, this almost lawless area was gradually occupied by a thousand or more people, many of them squatters, who lived and worked there – until they were all evicted by the government in 1835. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the story of that beach, which became almost ‘independent’ of the ancient town (like America had of England), but ultimately played a crucial role in expanding the old fishing port into a modern seaside resort.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57314755772798,"sku":"NW9780750997317","price":15.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780750997317.jpg?v=1778699200","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/the-america-ground-hastings","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}