The Contested Countryside: Rural Politics and Land Controversy in Modern Britain

ISBN 10: 1350171409 / ISBN 13: 9781350171404

Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic, 2020

Beschreibung

Print on Demand pp. 224.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 385381729

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: The Contested Countryside: Rural Politics and Land Controversy in Modern Britain
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic
• Veröffentlichungsdatum: 2020
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 1350171409
• ISBN-13: 9781350171404
• Bindung: Softcover
• Zustand: New

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Inhaltsangabe

Life in rural Britain has changed beyond recognition since the beginning of the twentieth century. This title examines the historical background of the main controversies of contemporary rural life. It explores key elements of rural life from the varying responses to animal disease during Biblical times to the 2001 outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Jeremy Burchardt is a Lecturer in Rural History at Reading University. His previous publications include Paradise Lost (I.B.Tauris) and The Allotment Movement in England. Philip Conford is a leading authority on the history of organic movement in Britain and an Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of History, University of Reading.