ABSTRACT
There is no doubt whatever that the people of England work harder, mentally and physically, than the people of any other country on the face of the earth, whether people take the town or the country population, the same plodding industry is apparent, and the respites enjoyed by either in the shape of holidays are few and far between. ‘Untiring industry and the natural advantages of the country’: lie two of the most elemental common-sense views of the pertinence of place for human well-being - the cultural: the propensity to work hard of the inhabitants; and the natural: the god-given advantages of geographical bounty. The unfolding dynasty that has sprung from the marriage of social geography with economic sociology makes the claim that the restructuring of capitalism has given rise to quite particular links between the social reproduction of daily life and the constitution and reconstitution of place.
