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Informationen zum Autor Trevor Wild is an Honorary Fellow of the University of Hull! where he was Senior Lecturer in Geography before his retirement. This title explores the evolution of 'village England' from earliest times until the present. Drawing on both contemporary accounts and recent scholarship, the author aims to provide an engaging and revealing account of the major transformations affecting the English village. Zusammenfassung This title explores the evolution of 'village England' from earliest times until the present. Drawing on both contemporary accounts and recent scholarship, the author aims to provide an engaging and revealing account of the major transformations affecting the English village. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Figures - viiList of Plates - viiPreface and Acknowledgements - xiIntroduction - xv One Origins! Organic Quality and Geographical Context - 1 Two The First Transformation: Village England and the Parliamentary Enclosures - 22 Three Villages of Poverty and Rioting: Rural England in the Bleak Age - 45 Four High Farming and the 'Ordered' Rural Society - 70 Five Villages in Decay: Rural England in the Agricultural Depression - 87 Six Village England in the Inter-War Years - 114 Seven The Second Transformation: Village England in the Post-War Era - 149Epilogue - 176Notes - 179Bibliography - 190Index - 197
