Land and Nation in England: Patriotism, National Identity, and the Politics of Land, 1880-1914

by Paul Readman

New examination of how land politics were closely entwined with the idea of Englishness.

The land question loomed large in late Victorian and Edwardian politics, playing a major part in Conservative, Liberal and Labour policymaking: in the context of concern about the faltering agricultural economy and the effects oflarge-scale rural-urban migration, land reforms were hotly debated in and out of parliament as never before. This book offers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843836521
• ISBN13: 9781843836520
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"