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'This is an encompassing and impressive survey of "rural England". On everything that he deals with, Barry Reay is professionally well-informed and his touch and erudition are highly reliable.' - Keith Snell, Centre for English Local History, University of Leicester
'[Barry Reay] is especially good at demonstrating the fecund imagination of the rural commons, apparent in its remarkable musical tradition (often crude and lewd), bizarre pastimes and elaborate sporting pursuits.' - BBC History Magazine
'This valuable book stimulates research, and underlines the potential for further local and regional enquiry.' - Dick Hunter, Family& Community History
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Rural Englands is the first general history of nineteenth-century English rural workers. Barry Reay provides a fresh perspective on England's rural past, reintroducing those often excluded from more traditional historical approaches, and stressing the diversity of working communities and the dynamism of rural life. Reay challenges stereotypes of country living, arguing that the extent of localization is so compelling that, instead of thinking of a unitary notion of 'rural England', we must think in terms of 'rural Englands'.
Incorporating a wide range of source material, Reay examines and explores both representations and experiences of rural labour, including:
- varieties of settlement and landscape
- types of work carried out by men, women and children
- household survival strategies
- experiences of life and death
- leisure patterns
- repertoires of protest
- visual imagery
- literary representations.
Incorporating a wide range of source material, Reay examines and explores both representations and experiences of rural labour, including:
- varieties of settlement and landscape
- types of work carried out by men, women and children
- household survival strategies
- experiences of life and death
- leisure patterns
- repertoires of protest
- visual imagery
- literary representations.
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I have recently done some family history research and then put it in the context of the history of the family. Since I have virtually no personal documentation about my ancestors I had to depend upon secondary sources to give them some life. Barry Reay writes very clearly and is very rigorous about the claims made by historians about agricultural labourers. If you have discovered agricultural workers amongst your ancestors from censuses and registers of BMD then this book will give you an idea of what they were really like and what they felt about their lives.
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