The text covers the 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; and 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 account of the
transformation of a society.
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