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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Alun Howkins |
| ISBN: | 0415138841 9780415138840 041513885X 9780415138857 9780203414156 0203414152 |
| OCLC Number: | 50913525 |
| Description: | xi, 260 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | 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 |
| Responsibility: | Alun Howkins. |
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Abstract:
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.
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