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Social investigation and rural England, 1870-1914
- Title
- Social investigation and rural England, 1870-1914 / Mark Freeman.
- Author
- Freeman, Mark, 1974-
- Publication
- Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, NY : Royal Historical Society : Boydell Press, 2003.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | HN398.E5 F74 2003 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xi, 217 pages; 25 cm.
- Summary
- "This book explores the theory and practice of social investigation in rural England in the period 1870-1914. It shows the extent to which a developing 'passion for inquiry' drew to the English countryside a wide range of social investigators concerned with such issues as agricultural trade unionism, rural depopulation, rural poverty, the condition of rural housing and the land question." "At the same time Social Investigation and Rural England makes a significant contribution to the rural history of the period, by illustrating how social and political conflicts in the English countryside influenced the processes of information-gathering by social investigators, and how the rural population responded to their activities."--Jacket.
- Series Statement
- Studies in history. New series
- Uniform Title
- Royal Historical Society studies in history. New series.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-212) and index.
- Contents
- From Arthur Young to Canon Girdlestone -- Special correspondents and resident investigators -- The passion for inquiry -- Poverty surveys and the English countryside -- The challenge of silence -- Continuing contests.
- ISBN
- 0861932579
- 9780861932573
- LCCN
- 2002010794
- OCLC
- ocm50192134
- 50192134
- SCSB-9018911
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library