Rural - The Lives of the Working Class Countryside

THE SCOTSMAN ''Eye-opening and persuasive'' SUNDAY TIMES ''Brilliant ... I loved it'' KIT DE WAAL ''Thoughtful, moving, honest'' CAL FLYN Work in the countryside ties you, soul and salary, to the land. But often those who labour in nature have the least control over what happens there. In this beautifully observed book, Rebecca Smith traces the stories of foresters and millworkers, miners, builders, farmers and pub owners, to paint a picture of the working class lives that often go overlooked. Living in rural areas means being surrounded by natural beauty, but for many it also demands hard work, precarity, fewer opportunities and - increasingly - being pushed out of the place your family might have called home for generations. In Rural , Rebecca Smith brings together the reasons we all love nature with the histories of life in its midst, and a prescient look at the dynamics for rural areas today. Why are our farmers struggling to make a profit on a pint of milk? What has Airbnb done to small communities in places like the Lake District? In a gorgeous tour of Scotland, England and Wales, this is a book for anyone who loves and longs for the countryside, and is interested in the future of rural Britain.

Product details

• Authors: Rebecca Smith
• Publisher: William Collins
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 06.06.2024
• EAN: 9780008526313
• ISBN: 978-0-00-852631-3
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book; 20th Century, HISTORY / Social History, Memoirs, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Rural, 21st Century, 21st century history: from c 2000 -, Rural communities, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Social and cultural history, Social classes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs