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

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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Howkins, Alun
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Routledge, 2003.
Temas:
1900-1999
Country life > England > History > 20th century.
Landscapes > England > History > 20th century.
Vie rurale > Angleterre > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Paysages > Angleterre > Histoire > 20e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Rural.
Country life
Historical geography
Landscapes
Rural conditions
Social conditions
Agrargesellschaft
Landwirtschaft
Ländlicher Raum
Landleben
Platteland.
England > Social conditions > 20th century.
England > Historical geography.
England > Rural conditions.
Angleterre > Conditions sociales > 20e siècle.
Angleterre > Géographie historique.
Angleterre > Conditions rurales.
England
Electronic books.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • pt. 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
  • pt. 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
  • pt. II. The 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.

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