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.
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.
Alun Howkins is Professor of Social History at the University of Sussex. His previous publications include Poor Labouring Men (1985) and Reshaping Rural England (1992). He wrote and presented a four-part history of agriculture for BBC2, Fruitful Earth, in 1999.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction PART I 'Blue remembered hills': rural society 1900-21 1 The countryside in a new century 1900-14 2 The Great War and its aftermath 1914-21 PART II The 'locust years' 1921-39 3 The misfortunes of agriculture 1921-37 4 Landowners and farmers 5 The traditionalists: farm workers and domestic servants 6 New countrymen and women: workers and trippers PART III The second agricultural revolution 1937-90 7 War and state agriculture 1937-45 8 'Tractors plus chemicals': agriculture and farming 1945-90 PART 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 10 Defending the natural order? Environment and conservation 1945-90 11 The countryside in crisis 1990-2001
Introduction PART I 'Blue remembered hills': rural society 1900-21 1 The countryside in a new century 1900-14 2 The Great War and its aftermath 1914-21 PART II The 'locust years' 1921-39 3 The misfortunes of agriculture 1921-37 4 Landowners and farmers 5 The traditionalists: farm workers and domestic servants 6 New countrymen and women: workers and trippers PART III The second agricultural revolution 1937-90 7 War and state agriculture 1937-45 8 'Tractors plus chemicals': agriculture and farming 1945-90 PART 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 10 Defending the natural order? Environment and conservation 1945-90 11 The countryside in crisis 1990-2001
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