The Death of Rural England by Alun Howkins
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.'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
Alun 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.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780415138857 |
| ISBN 10 | 041513885X |
| Title | The Death of Rural England |
| Author | Alun Howkins |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Year published | 2003-05-30 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
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