Land and nation in England : patriotism, national identity, and the politics of land, 1880-1914
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Land and nation in England : patriotism, national identity, and the politics of land, 1880-1914
（Royal Historical Society studies in history new series）
Royal Historical Society , Boydell Press, 2008
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-231) and index
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Description
The land question loomed large in late Victorian and Edwardian politics, playing a major part in Conservative, Liberal and Labour policymaking: in the context of concern about the faltering agricultural economy and the effects oflarge-scale rural-urban migration, land reforms were hotly debated in and out of parliament as never before. This book offers the first full-length study of the relationship between Englishness and the politics of land. It explores the ideas and cultural attitudes that informed political positions on the land question, from paternalist `pure squire Conservatism' to patriotic radical visions of pre-enclosure England: the author underlines how the land question excited political passion and controversy because it involved contested issues of national identity, national character and race.
By examining how land politics functioned as a site for patriotic debate, the book offers fresh insights into the ideological significance of contemporary nationalistic discourse, which in the British context has more usually been associated with war and empire than apparently `domestic' issues. In doing so, it argues for the importance of rural - but not necessarily reactionary - constructions of Englishness in late nineteenth and early twentieth-century England.
Dr PAUL READMAN is Lecturer in Modern History at King's College London.
Table of Contents
Introduction
The English Land Question, 1880-1914
Land Reform and National Stability
Land Reform and the English National Character
Agriculture: `Our Greatest National Industry'
Property Rights and Land Reform
The Liberals and Rural Englishness
Conservative Agrarianism
Land, the Nation and the Left
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
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