Land and Society in Edwardian Britain
Part of Cambridge Studies in Historical Geography
- Author: Brian Short, University of Sussex
- Date Published: November 2005
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521021777
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This revealing 1997 book in the Cambridge Studies in Historical Geography series presents some of the first researches into a trove of hitherto inaccessible primary source material. A controversial component of Lloyd George's People's Budget of 1909–10 was the 'New Domesday' of landownership and land values. This rich documentation, for long locked away in the Inland Revenue's offices, became available to the public in the late 1970s. For the growing number of scholars of early twentieth century urban and rural Britain, Dr Short offers both a coherent overview and a standard source of reference to this valuable archive. Part I is concerned with the processes of assembling the material and its style of representation; Part II with suggested themes and locality studies. A final chapter places this new material in the context of discourses of state intervention in landed society prior to the Great War.
Read more- A standard reference for many years to come by the recognised authority
- Based on primary source materials, covering England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland
- Includes new maps and diagrams; profusely illustrated with contemporary material
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'… this pathbreaking book … is a valuable study … an unrivalled source [for the early twentieth century] which, particularly when it can be coupled with the 1911 census returns in 2012, offers the chance for a detailed study of the economic history and social geography of Britain before the First World War.' Economic History Review
See more reviews'This is a book that no historian … who is any way concerned with the first decades of this century can afford to ignore.' The Local Historian
'… of enormous value to the historian … The impact of his analysis is enhanced by the excellent illustrations and high production standards of this volume … the result is the revelation of an archive of unrivalled importance for the historian of Britain, whether the interest be in political, economic, social, rural or urban history. Future historians and the profession as a whole are greatly in his debt.' History
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- Date Published: November 2005
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521021777
- length: 400 pages
- dimensions: 228 x 155 x 22 mm
- weight: 0.601kg
- contains: 24 b/w illus. 32 maps 101 tables
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Preface
1. An introduction
Part I. Processes and Representations:
2. Lloyd George, the 1909 Budget and the land campaign
3. The national structure of the valuation process
4. The survey procedures and documents
5. The 1910 documents and archival policies
Part II. Themes and Locality Studies:
6. Projects and problems
7. Urban social area analysis 1909–14
8. Rural society and economy 1909–14
9. Rural industrial communities on the eve of the Great War
10. Contrasts and comparisons
11. The survey in Ireland
12. The survey in Scotland
13. A discourse of state power 1909–14
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