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Paradise Lost: Rural Idyll and Social Change in England since 1800

Book information

Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Year
2002
ISBN
1860645143, 9781860645143
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
894 kB (915320 bytes)
Series
International Library of Historical Studies
Pages
216\244
Time added
2015-07-28 01:05:08

Description

In this remarkable book Jeremy Burchardt traces the influence that attitudes toward the countryside have had on the evolution of modern British life. In the ""town versus country"" debate, Burchardt looks at the idealization of the countryside by artists and writers, the development of anti-urban and anti-industrial values, rural-urban commuting, environmentalist criticism of industrial farming, and the effect on government policy, social structure, and economic dynamism.

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