H. E. Bracey

People and the Countryside (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

Rapid and radical changes were taking place in the countryside. Originally published in 1970, People and the Countryside discusses the legislation affecting the countryside which appeared in the late 1940s and the work of the Countryside in 1970 Conferences with which the author had been closely connected.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 348
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040330463
• Artikelnr.: 73144006

Autorenporträt

Howard E. Bracey (1905 -1996) had an international reputation as a rural sociologist, from his work with the European Society for Rural Sociology and the International Committee for Cooperation in Rural Sociology. He was English editor of the European journal Sociologia Ruralis for a number of years and his published works include Social Provision in Rural Wiltshire (1952), English Rural Life (1959), Industry and the Countryside (1963), Neighbours (1964) and In Retirement (1966). At the time of original publication Dr Bracey was a Research Fellow in Rural Sociology with the status of Senior Lecturer in the Department of Economics at the University of Bristol.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh. Plates. Maps. Preface
by the Author. 1. Historical Origins of the British Landscape 2. People:
Number and Movement 3. Some Social and Economic Consequences of Migration
4. Work in the Countryside 5. Mobility: Ancient and Modern 6. Rural Local
Government 7. Reorganisation of Local Government 8. Land-use Planning 9.
Rural Communities 10. Cleaning up the Countryside: Dereliction, Reclamation
and Litter 11. Water: Provision and Conservation 12. Water for Recreation
13. Common Land 14. Forests: Access and Amenity 15. Conservation 16.
Leisure: Amenity, Recreation and the Countryside. Further Reading. Index.