Overview

The enduring 'Town versus Country' debate lies at the root of modern British society. How far did the idealization of the countryside by artists and writers since the Industrial Revolution foster anti-urban, anti-industrial values? How have such values affected government policy, social structure and economic dynamism? Did post-war developments, in particular rural-urban commuting and environmentalist criticism of modern 'industrial' farming, undermine the traditional distinction between town and country, or are they themselves symptoms of the continuing allure of the rural idyll? This book will demonstrate the remarkable influence that attitudes to the countryside have had on the evolution of modern British life.

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Author:   Jeremy Burchardt (University of Reading, UK)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
Weight:   0.363kg
ISBN:  

9781350179950

ISBN 10:   1350179957
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   24 December 2020
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements - vi Introduction - 1 1. Industrialization and Urbanization - 13 2. Literature and the Countryside, c. 1800 to 1870 - 25 3. Radicalism and the Land, c. 1790 to c. 1850 - 35 4. Gardens, Allotments and Parks - 46 5. Model Villages and Garden Cities - 58 6. Literary Attitudes to the Countryside in the Later Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries - 67 7. Land Reform After 1850 - 77 8. Preservation, 'Englishness' and the Rise of Planning, c. 1880-1939 - 89 9. The Economic Consequences of Rural Nostalgia - 112 10. Rambling - 121 11. The Organic Movement Before and During the Second World War - 131 12. Rural Reconstruction Between the Wars - 141 13. Rural Changes and the Legislative Framework, 1939 to 2000 - 150 14. Agriculture and the Environment - 168 15. Recreation in the Countryside Since the Second World War - 178 16. Intra-village Social Change and Attitudinal Conflict in the Twentieth Century - 187 17. Town, Country and Politics at the End of the Twentieth Century - 198 Notes - 209 Select Bibliography - 222 Index - 229

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Jeremy Burchardt is a lecturer in Rural History at Reading University.

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