The death of rural England a social history of the countryside since 1900
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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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Routledge
2003.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b38542225*spi |
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.
