The Death of Rural England: A Social History of the Countryside since 1900

✍ Scribed by Alun Howkins

• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 273
• Edition: 1st
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Alun Howkins' panoramic survey is a social history of rural England and Wales in the twentieth century. He examines the impact of the First World War, the role of agriculture throughout the century, and the expectations of the countryside that modern urban people harbour. Howkins analyzes the role of rural England as a place for work as well as leisure, and the problems caused by these often conflicting roles. This overview will be welcomed by anyone interested in agricultural and social history, historical geographers, and all those interested in rural affairs.

✦ Table of Contents

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
List of plates......Page 10
Acknowledgements......Page 11
List of abbreviations......Page 13
Introduction......Page 14
'Blue remembered hills': rural society, 1900 21......Page 18
The countryside in a new century, 1900 14......Page 20
The Great War and its aftermath, 1914 21......Page 40
The 'locust years', 1921 39......Page 56
The misfortunes of agriculture, 1921 37......Page 58
Landowners and farmers......Page 68
The traditionalists: farm workers and domestic servants......Page 90
New countrymen and women: workers and trippers......Page 108
The second agricultural revolution, 1937 90......Page 126
War and state agriculture, 1937 45......Page 128
'Tractors plus chemicals': agriculture and farming, 1945 90......Page 155
What is the countryside for? Rural society, 1945 2001......Page 174
A place to work and a place to play: incomers and outgoers, 1945 90......Page 176
Defending the natural order? Environment and conservation, 1945 90......Page 200
The countryside in crisis, 1990 2001......Page 220
Notes......Page 248
Index......Page 270