Social investigation and rural England, 1870-1914
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Social investigation and rural England, 1870-1914
（Royal Historical Society studies in history new series）
Royal Historical Society , Boydell Press, 2003
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-212) and index
収録内容
- From Arthur Young to Canon Girdlestone : approaches to social inquiry in the English countryside before 1872
- Special correspondents and resident investigators : the 'revolt of the field' and its aftermath
- The 'passion for inquiry' : rural depopulation and the social investigator
- Poverty surveys and the English countryside
- 'The challenge of silence' : cultural inquiry and the rural poor
- Continuing contests : housing, wages and land
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内容説明
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. Adopting a broad definition of social investigation, incorporating reports of royal commissions and special correspondent journalists as well as the popular literary accounts of Richard Jefferies and George Sturt, the study also enhances the literature of social inquiry by examining the rural investigations of men like Charles Booth and Seebohm Rowntree, best known for their urban social surveys. 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.
MARK FREEMAN is lecturer in social history, University of Glasgow.
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