Social Investigation and Rural England, 1870-1914
Series: Royal Historical Society Studies in History New Series
Publisher: Boydell Press
Published: February 6, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9780861932573
Subjects: Agriculture & related industries; British & Irish history: c 1700 to c 1900; British & Irish history: from c 1900 -; Rural communities; Social History; Social research & statistics; Work & labour; c 1800 to c 1900; c 1900 - c 1914; History: World; Europe - Great Britain - General; History - General History; Social surveys; England; Modern - 19th Century; History / Modern / General; World history: from c 1900 -; 19th century; 20th century; History; Rural conditions
Description: "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.