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1 online resource (xi, 260 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-256) and index. |
| Summary |
In the age of material crises of rural areas, worries about environmental damage and factory farming, urban people's attitudes to the countryside have changed. Rural areas are still seen as places to roam and to enjoy, yet modern agriculture also causes anxieties about the land and its products. Alun Howkins's thorough survey is a social history of rural England and Wales in the 20th century. He examines the impact of World War I, the role of agriculture throughout the century, and the expectations of the countryside that modern urban people harbour. Howkins analyses the role of rural England as a place for work as well as leisure, and the problems caused by these often conflicting roles. |
| Contents |
Pt. I. 'Blue remembered hills': rural society, 1900-21 -- 1. Countryside in a new century, 1900-14 -- 2. Great War and its aftermath, 1914-21 -- pt. II. The 'locust years', 1921-39 -- 3. Misfortunes of agriculture, 1921-37 -- 4. Landowners and farmers -- 5. Traditionalists: farm workers and domestic servants -- 6. New countrymen and women: workers and trippers -- pt. II. Second agricultural revolution, 1937-90 -- 7. War and state agriculture 1937-45 -- 8. 'Tractors plus chemicals': agriculture and farming, 1945-90 -- pt. IV. What is the countryside for? Rural society, 1945-2001 -- 9. A place to work and a place to play: incomers and outgoers, 1945-90. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Country life -- England -- History -- 20th century.
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Country life. |
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England. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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Landscapes -- England -- History -- 20th century.
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Landscapes. |
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England -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
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Social conditions. |
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England -- Historical geography.
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Historical geography. |
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England -- Rural conditions.
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Rural conditions. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Howkins, Alun. Death of rural England. London ; New York : Routledge, 2003 0415138841 041513885X (DLC) 2002152298 (OCoLC)50913525 |
| ISBN |
0203414152 (electronic book) |
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9780203414156 (electronic book) |
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9781134772483 (electronic book) |
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1134772483 (electronic book) |
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9780415138857 (electronic book) |
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041513885X (electronic book) |
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0203414373 (electronic book) |
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9780203414378 (electronic book) |
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1280072792 (electronic book) |
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9781280072796 (electronic book) |
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9780415138840 (hardback) |
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0415138841 (hardback) |
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0415138841 (Cloth) |
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