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The Contested Countryside: Rural Politics and Land Controversy in Modern Britain

The Contested Countryside: Rural Politics and Land Controversy in Modern Britain

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Life in rural Britain has changed beyond recognition since the beginning of the twentieth century. Through dramatic events, such as the ban on hunting and the outbreak of mad cow disease, and through the growth of the organic movement, changes in farming practices and increasing rural poverty have all had an effect on how we view the countryside and the people who live there. Through an examination of the historical background to some of the main controversies, the authors explore the key elements of rural life, including the varying responses to animal disease during Biblical times to the 2001 outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, the relationship between farming methods and landscape preservation, as well as organic farming, the role of the European Union and the truth about the Countryside Alliance. Throughout, they address the thorny question of whether the countryside can still support a rural population. This is essential reading for anyone with an interest in contemporary and historical rural life in Britain.

Table of Contents:
Contents Acknowledgements vi List of Contributors vii Introduction: Farming and the Countryside 1 Jeremy Burchardt Suggested Further Reading 17 1. Land Use and Leisure: Leslie Scott and the 19 Contested Countryside Simon Miller 2. An Organic Countryside: Agriculture for 39 Body, Soul and Nation Philip Conford 3. Agriculture's Role Within the UK 61 Sir John Marsh 4. Agricultural Incomes: A Damaging History of 81 Disjunction Between Policy Concern and Evidence Berkeley Hill 5. Murrains to Mad Cows: A Very Short History 117 Of Governments, People and Animal Diseases Paul Brassley 6. 'Listen to Us!': Country Sports and the 145 Mobilization of a Marginalized Constituency Graham Cox 7. From Agricultural Poverty to Social Exclusion: 167 Shifting Approaches to Rural Poverty in England Paul Milbourne 8. 'The Land of Lost Content': Ruralism, 187 Englishness and Historical Change in the Countryside, 1890-1990 00 Alun Howkins Index 203


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781350171404
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
  • Height: 234 mm
  • No of Pages: 224
  • Weight: 367 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1350171409
  • Publisher Date: 25 Jun 2020
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: Rural Politics and Land Controversy in Modern Britain
  • Width: 156 mm


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