Land and Society in Edwardian Britain (Cambridge Studies in Historical Geography)
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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
'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
Book Description
This revealing new book 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 documentation, long locked away in the Inland Revenue's offices, became available to the public in the late 1970s. 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.
Land and Society in Edwardian Britain (Cambridge Studies in Historical Geography),Brian Short,Alan R. H. Baker,Richard Dennis,Deryck Holdworth,Cambridge University Press,0521021774,Earth Sciences - Geography,Europe - Great Britain - General,History - General History,Science,Science/Mathematics,Great Britain--History--Edward VII, 1901-1910,Historical geography,Science / Geography
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