登入選單
返回Google圖書搜尋
Paradise Lost
Jeremy Burchardt
其他書名
Rural Idyll and Social Change Since 1800
出版Bloomsbury Publishing, 2002-07-26
主題History / Social HistorySocial Science / Human GeographySocial Science / Sociology / RuralSocial Science / Sociology / Urban
ISBN08577155349780857715531
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=nGCJDwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
EBookSAMPLE
註釋The enduring 'Town versus Country' debate lies at the root of modern British society. How far did the idealization of the countryside by artists and writers since the Industrial Revolution foster anti-urban, anti-industrial values? How have such values affected government policy, social structure and economic dynamism? Did post-war developments, in particular rural-urban commuting and environmentalist criticism of modern 'industrial' farming, undermine the traditional distinction between town and country, or are they themselves symptoms of the continuing allure of the rural idyll? This book will demonstrate the remarkable influence that attitudes to the countryside have had on the evolution of modern British life.