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A Social History of the English Countryside G. E. Mingay

A Social History of the English Countryside By G. E. Mingay

A Social History of the English Countryside by G. E. Mingay


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Summary

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.

A Social History of the English Countryside Summary

A Social History of the English Countryside by G. E. Mingay

Mingay is the premier writer in English rural history. His previous publications include The Unquiet Countryside, The Rural Idyll and The Vanishing Countryman (all Routledge 1989). He has been teaching and researching agrarian history for thirty years

The competition tends to be landscape based or non-scholarly

300 sold to Book Clubs Associates for delivery 29/11/90

A Social History of the English Countryside Reviews

`In all, this is another entertaining and informative book from Gorgon Mingay. His skill as narrator gives form to an extended period of history and to a rich diversity of topics.' - Social History Society Newsletter

`Anyone who wishes to understand the true nature of our rural history will find Professor Mingay a rewarding guide, in small matters and in large.' - Literary Review

About G. E. Mingay

G. E. Mingay

Table of Contents

Introduction, G. E. Mingay; Chapter 1 Lord and Peasant, G. E. Mingay; Chapter 2 The Progress of the Plough, G. E. Mingay; Chapter 3 In Sickness and in Health: Disease and Famine, G. E. Mingay; Chapter 4 Plenty and Want, G. E. Mingay; Chapter 5 Landed Society and Rural Culture, G. E. Mingay; Chapter 6 The Two Faces of the Countryside, G. E. Mingay; Chapter 7 The Countryside in Decline, 1870-1914, G. E. Mingay; Chapter 8 The Countryside in War and Peace, G. E. Mingay;

Additional information

GOR005356095
9780415034081
0415034086
A Social History of the English Countryside by G. E. Mingay
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
19901220
260
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