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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450665003321

Autore

Howkins Alun

Titolo

The death of rural England : a social history of the countryside since 1900 / / Alun Howkins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2003

ISBN

1-134-77249-1

0-203-41444-6

0-203-41415-2

1-280-07279-2

9780203414152

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Classificazione

15.70

Disciplina

307.72/0941/0904

Soggetti

Country life - England - History - 20th century

Landscapes - England - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

England Social conditions 20th century

England Historical geography

England Rural conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-256) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of plates; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 'Blue remembered hills': rural society, 1900  21; The countryside in a new century, 1900  14; The Great War and its aftermath, 1914  21; The 'locust years', 1921  39; The misfortunes of agriculture, 1921  37; Landowners and farmers; The traditionalists: farm workers and domestic servants; New countrymen and women: workers and trippers; The second agricultural revolution, 1937  90; War and state agriculture, 1937  45; 'Tractors plus chemicals': agriculture and farming, 1945  90

What is the countryside for? Rural society, 1945  2001A place to work and a place to play: incomers and outgoers, 1945  90; Defending the natural order? Environment and conservation, 1945  90; The countryside in crisis, 1990  2001; Notes; Index



Sommario/riassunto

This engaging history of rural England and Wales during the twentieth century looks at the role of the countryside as both a place of work and of leisure and looks at the many crises it has suffered during that time.