Social Investigation and Rural England, 1870-1914

"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.

Year

2003

Language

English

Series

Royal Historical Society Studies in History New Series

Publisher

Boydell Press

Editions

2

Pages

232

ISBN

9780861932573

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