Victorian Country Life

von Janet Sacks

56 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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.

• Reihe: Shire Publications
• ISBN: 9780747811381
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 10.09.2012
• Größe: 208 x 146 mm
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing plc