The death of rural England

Description:

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 anxities about the land and its products.Alun Howkins's 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 contemporary rural affairs.

subjects: Country life,  Historical geography,  History,  Landscape,  Nonfiction,  Rural conditions,  Social conditions,  Country life, great britain,  Landscape gardening, great britain,  Great britain, social conditions,  Great britain, historical geography,  Great britain, rural conditions,  Landscapes,  Vie rurale,  Histoire,  Paysages,  Conditions sociales,  Géographie historique,  Conditions rurales,  SOCIAL SCIENCE,  Sociology,  Rural,  Agrargesellschaft,  Landwirtschaft,  Ländlicher Raum,  Landleben,  Platteland

Places: England

Times: 20th century