Paradise lost
rural idyll and social change in England since 1800
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Word Count
59,500 words, Guess
Page Count
238 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL3670245M
- ISBN-101860645143
- OCLC Control Number48628149
- OCLC Control Number710975547
- Internet Archiveparadiselostrura0000burc
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2002726665
- Goodreads1979107
- LibraryThing8061299
Classifications
- DDC941.009734
- LCCHT133 .B87 2002
- LCCHT133.B87 2002
and 1 more
- LCCHN386 .B87 2002
Description
"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."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
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