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082			_a942.009734 _bHOW
100			_aHowkins, Alun
245		0	_aReshaping Rural England
260			_bPsychology Press _c1991
300			_a305 pages
500			_aThe text covers the period of English rural history from the high point of Britain's agricultural power in the 1850s and 1860s through to the grim years of the inter-war period. Uncovering many of the myths of an idyllic rural England, Howkins looks in detail at the role of women, the workplace, the family and religion. Topics covered include: the creation of a stable social order by the rural elites, concealing widespread poverty and disorder; the economic collapse of the cereal market in the 1870s; the emergence of trade unions and other forms of social conflict in the countryside; and changes in agricultural production and the horror of war. Alun Howkins combines the concerns of the new social history with original research to produce an account of the transformation of a society.
650			_aHistory
942			_cENGLISH
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