03107oam 2200697I 450 991082539720332120230207225205.01-134-77248-31-134-77249-10-203-41444-60-203-41415-21-280-07279-2978020341415210.4324/9780203414156 (CKB)1000000000254519(EBL)167587(OCoLC)437077142(SSID)ssj0000293511(PQKBManifestationID)11234347(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000293511(PQKBWorkID)10273357(PQKB)11382419(MiAaPQ)EBC167587(Au-PeEL)EBL167587(CaPaEBR)ebr10099787(CaONFJC)MIL7279(OCoLC)53168318(EXLCZ)99100000000025451920180331d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe death of rural England a social history of the countryside since 1900 /Alun HowkinsLondon ;New York :Routledge,2003.1 online resource (273 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-13885-X 0-415-13884-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-256) and index.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 90What 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; IndexThis 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.Country lifeEnglandHistory20th centuryLandscapesEnglandHistory20th centuryEnglandSocial conditions20th centuryEnglandHistorical geographyEnglandRural conditionsCountry lifeHistoryLandscapesHistory307.72/0941/090415.70bclHowkins Alun.144262MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910825397203321The death of rural England4112669UNINA