Victorian Country Life

Paperback Engels 2012 9780747811381
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During the reign of Queen Victoria, industrialisation changed every aspect of rural life. Industrial diversification led to a decline in agriculture and mass migration from country to town and city – in 1851 half the population lived in the countryside, but by 1901 only a quarter did so. This book outlines the changes and why they occurred. It paints a picture of country life as it was when Victoria came to the throne and shows how a recognisably modern version of the British countryside had established itself by the end of her reign. Cheap food from overseas meant that Britain was no longer self-sufficient but it freed up money to be spent on other goods: village industries and handcrafts were undercut by the new industrial technology that brought about mass production, and markets were replaced by shops that grew into department stores.

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ISBN13:9780747811381
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:Paperback
Aantal pagina's:56
Uitgever:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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1DDU Verenigd Koninkrijk, Groot-Brittannië
3M Ca. 1500 tot heden
3ML 18e eeuw, ca. 1700 tot ca. 1799
3MN 19e eeuw, ca. 1800 tot ca. 1899

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