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OverviewIn 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. Alun Howkins's thorough survey is a social history of rural England and Wales in the 20th century. He examines the impact of World War I, the role of agriculture throughout the century, and the expectations of the countryside that modern urban people harbour. Howkins analyses the role of rural England as a place for work as well as leisure, and the problems caused by these often conflicting roles. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Alun Howkins (University of Sussex, UK)Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.500kg ISBN: 9780415138857ISBN 10: 041513885 Pages: 272 Publication Date: 30 May 2003 Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , General , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction 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, 1990–2001Reviews'This is an admirable book: wide-ranging, drawing on a wide variety of sources, with the literary adding elegance to the economic... It requires no prior knowledge on the part of the reader, it avoids jargon... It will be of interest to all those concerned with the recent British past and present.' - History Today, November 2003 '[A] highly readable and challenging account ... it is required reading for historians, economists, and social anthropologists.' - Agricultural History Review 'This well-researched volume ... give[s] a complete picture of changing rural life.' -History - The Journal of the Historical Association 'This is an admirable book: wide-ranging, drawing on a wide variety of sources, with the literary adding elegance to the economic... It requires no prior knowledge on the part of the reader, it avoids jargon... It will be of interest to all those concerned with the recent British past and present.' - History Today, November 2003 '[A] highly readable and challenging account ... it is required reading for historians, economists, and social anthropologists.' - Agricultural History Review 'This well-researched volume ... give[s] a complete picture of changing rural life.' -History - The Journal of the Historical Association Author InformationAlun 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. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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