The Farm and the Village: Aspects of the Folk-Life of East Anglia - POD Title

Informationen zum Autor Born in the mining town of Abercynon, South Wales, George Ewart Evans (1909-88) was a pioneering oral historian. In 1948 he settled with his family in Blaxhall, Suffolk, and through conversing with his neighbours he developed an interest in their dialect and the aspects of rural life which they described. Many were agricultural labourers, born before the turn of the century, who had worked on farms before the arrival of mechanisation. With the assistance of a tape recorder he collected oral evidence of the dialect, rural customs, traditions and folklore throughout East Anglia, and this work, reinforced by documental research, provided the background for his renowned East Anglian books. Zusammenfassung From them we learn how farming supported and bound together the people of the village into a community. Imaginatively illustrated with integrated photographs and black and white line drawings, this is the fourth book in the author's classic series about the farm and the old farming community in East Anglia.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: George Ewart Evans
• Con la collaborazione di: Georg E Evans (Editore), George E Evans (Editore), George Ewart Evans (Editore)
• Editore: Faber & Faber
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 29.05.2008
• EAN: 9780571243822
• ISBN: 978-0-571-24382-2
• Pagine: 182
• Dimensioni: 135 mm x 216 mm x 13 mm
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi > Capolavori fino al 1945; Saggistica; HISTORY / General, East Anglia, Community; Faber Finds; Farming; Identity; Society