ABSTRACT

This is Volume IV of thirteen in a series on Urban and Regional Sociology. First published in 1959, it focuses on the village activities, organisation and institutions of English rural life, providing a background of the history of land tenure, the growth of settlements and the development of agricultural activities from early Britain.

chapter I|14 pages

Rural People: Master And Man

chapter II|12 pages

Farms and Villages: Distribution, Situation and Form

Farms and Farming

chapter III|8 pages

Occupations and Crafts

chapter IV|8 pages

Rural Migration

chapter V|13 pages

Village Leadership

chapter VI|9 pages

Preserving The Countryside

chapter XII|12 pages

Church and Chapel 1

chapter XIII|9 pages

The Women's Institute

chapter XV|15 pages

Music and Drama

chapter XVII|18 pages

Rural Education

chapter XIX|13 pages

Prospect