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Paradise Lost: Rural Idyll and Social Change Since 1800

Paradise Lost: Rural Idyll and Social Change Since 1800

Burchardt, Jeremy

Hardcover

Series: International Library of Historical Studies

General SociologyGeneral World HistoryBritish History

ISBN10: 1860645143
ISBN13: 9781860645143
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: Jul 26 2002
Pages: 264
Weight: 1.22
Height: 1.00 Width: 6.30 Depth: 9.56
Language: English
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.

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