TY  - BOOK
AU  - Burchardt, Jeremy
TI  - Paradise lost: rural Idyll and social change in England since 1800 
SN  - 9781350179950
U1  - 942.0097 BUR-J 
PY  - 2002///
CY  - London
PB  - Bloomsbury Publishing
KW  - Rural conditions
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - City and town life
KW  - Country life
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Geographical perception
N1  - 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
ER  -