A Social History of the English Countryside

ISBN-13: 9780415034081 / Angielski / Twarda / 1991 / 246 str.

G. E. Mingay

Opis

The farms, villages, estates and people that characterized the English countryside were once the mainspring of both the government and the economy. They supported and responded to the needs of the nation. Yet rural England has always been threatened: from epidemics and the famine to the ravages of the Industrial Revolution. From the end of the 18th century, weakened by enclosure and depopulation, the countryside battled with an increasing industrialization and inevitably succumbed. The village had become a relic, the symbol of a past age visited by those in search of Olde Englande. A fundamental change had occurred.

Recenzje

`In all, this is another entertaining and informative book from Gorgon Mingay. His skill as narrator gives form to an extended period of history and to a rich diversity of topics.' - Social History Society Newsletter

`Anyone who wishes to understand the true nature of our rural history will find Professor Mingay a rewarding guide, in small matters and in large.' - Literary Review

Spis treści

Introduction, G. E. Mingay; Chapter 1 Lord and Peasant, G. E. Mingay; Chapter 2 The Progress of the Plough, G. E. Mingay; Chapter 3 In Sickness and in Health: Disease and Famine, G. E. Mingay; Chapter 4 Plenty and Want, G. E. Mingay; Chapter 5 Landed Society and Rural Culture, G. E. Mingay; Chapter 6 The Two Faces of the Countryside, G. E. Mingay; Chapter 7 The Countryside in Decline, 1870–1914, G. E. Mingay; Chapter 8 The Countryside in War and Peace, G. E. Mingay;

O autorze

G. E. Mingay