ABSTRACT

Traces the rise and fall of rural England from the Middle Ages to the Second World War and the nature of the changes which have occurred.

chapter

Introduction

chapter 1|25 pages

Lord and Peasant

chapter 2|30 pages

The Progress of the Plough

chapter 4|31 pages

Plenty and Want

chapter 5|23 pages

Landed Society and Rural Culture

chapter 6|27 pages

The Two Faces of the Countryside

chapter 7|31 pages

The Countryside in Decline, 1870–1914

chapter 8|31 pages

The Countryside in War and Peace