First Published in 1991. Reshaping Rural England covers the crucial
period of English rural history from the high point of Britain's
agricultural power in the 1850s and 1860s through to the grim years
of the inter-war period. Uncovering many of the myths of an idyllic
rural England, Howkins looks in detail at the role of women, the
workplace, the family and religion. Topics covered include: * the
creation of a stable social order by the rural elites, concealing
widespread poverty and disorder. * the economic collapse of the
cereal market in the 1870s. * the emergence of trade unions and
other forms of social conflict in the countryside. * changes in
agricultural production and the horror of war. Alun Howkins
combines the concerns of the new social history with original
research to produce an accessible and coherent account of the
transformation of a society.
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