Broadlands and the new rurality : an ethnography

In this ethnographic study of the rural idyll, Broadlands explores rurality and the pace of rural life. In sharp contrast to the urban analytical emphasis upon speed, it gives careful thought to stasis, as rural places offer everyday opportunities for very different social situations and behavioural...

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Main Author Hillyard, Sam (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2020.
SeriesEmerald points.
Subjects
Sociology, Rural.
Ethnology.
Rural conditions.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781839095801
9781839095788
DOI10.1108/9781839095788
Physical Description1 online resource (216 pages) ; cm.

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction 1. Thinking about rurality
  • 2. Norfolk: the agrarian revolution and the emergence of an elite
  • 3. Patterns of ownership in modernity 4.
  • A village of three parts
  • 5. Village institutions #1: The school, the pub and the church
  • 6. Village institutions #2: The very model of a modern rural villager
  • 7. A tale of three villages: Norfolk, 'economy' Norfolk and Northants
  • 8. Methodological note
  • Conclusion.

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