The contested countryside : rural politics and land controversy in modern Britain /: rural politics and land controversy in modern Britain. (2008)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Jeremy Burchardt and Philip Conford.
• Other Names: Burchardt, Jeremy, 1969-; Conford, Philip
• Contents: Introduction : farming and the countryside / Jeremy Burchardt -- Land use and leisure : Leslie Scott and the contested countryside / Simon Miller -- An organic countryside : agriculture for body, soul and nation / Philip Conford -- Agriculture's role within the UK / Sir John Marsh -- Agricultural incomes : a damaging history of disjunction between policy concern and evidence / Berkeley Hill -- Murrains to mad cows : a very short history of governments, people and animal diseases / Paul Brassley -- "Listen to us!" : country sports and the mobilization of a marginalized constituency / Graham Cox -- From agricultural poverty to social exclusion : shifting approaches to rural poverty in England / Paul Milbourne -- "The land of lost content" : ruralism, Englishness and historical change in the countryside, 1890-1990 / Alun Hawkins.
• Publisher Details: London New York : I.B. Tauris
• Publication Date: 2008
• Extent: 1 online resource (viii, 212 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 307.720941; Land use, Rural -- Great Britain; Rural development -- Great Britain; Agriculture and state -- Great Britain; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Rural; Agriculture and state; Land use, Rural; Rural conditions; Rural development; Great Britain -- Rural conditions; Great Britain; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781441615909; 1441615903; 1845117158; 9781845117153; 9780857711632; 0857711636
• Related ISBNs: 9781845117153
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.