Vanishing Countryman

First published in 1989, The Vanishing Countryman investigates how farmers, farm workers, and other country crafts- and tradespeople have fared in response to significant changes across the British countryside in the past one hundred years.

List of contents

Introduction; 1: The Victorian farmer, B. A. Holderness; 2: The Workfolk, W. A. Armstrong; 3: In the sweat of thy face: the labourer and work, Alun Howkins; 4: The flight from the land, W. A. Armstrong; 5: Rural culture, Charles Phythian-Adams; 6: Voices from the past: rural Kent at the close of an era, Michael Winstanley; 7: The farmers in the twentieth century, B. A. Holderness; 8: The most despised craftsmen: farmworkers in the twentieth century, W. A. Armstrong; 9: The decline of the country craftsmen and tradesmen, C. W. Chalklin; 10: The new culture of the countryside, Michael Winstanley; References; Index

About the author

G. E. Mingay

Summary

First published in 1989, The Vanishing Countryman investigates how farmers, farm workers, and other country crafts- and tradespeople have fared in response to significant changes across the British countryside in the past one hundred years.

Product details

• Authors: G. E. Mingay
• Assisted by: G. E. Mingay (Editor), Mingay G. E. (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.10.2023
• EAN: 9780367654238
• ISBN: 978-0-367-65423-8
• No. of pages: 180
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / General, environmental science, engineering & technology, Social and cultural history, Agricultural science, Environmental science, engineering and technology