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 |