phone symbol

01228 529067

Rural

The lives of the Working Class Countryside

RebeccaSmith

£18.99

In this beautifully observed book, Rebecca Smith traces the stories of foresters and millworkers, miners, builders, farmers and pub owners, to paint a picture of the working class lives that often go overlooked. Living in rural areas means being surrounded by natural beauty, but for many it also demands hard work, precarity, fewer opportunities and – increasingly – being pushed out of the place your family might have called home for generations. In Rural, Rebecca Smith brings together the reasons we all love nature with the histories of life in its midst, and a prescient look at the dynamics for rural areas today.

Why are our farmers struggling to make a profit on a pint of milk? What has Airbnb done to small communities in places like the Lake District? In a gorgeous tour of Scotland, England and Wales, this is a book for anyone who loves and longs for the countryside, whose family owes something to a bygone trade, or who is interested in the future of rural Britain.

It’s a journey out to Scottish islands,old mining towns, country estates and \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\Lake District pubs

 

 

 

 

publisher:

William Collins

pages:

256

Publication Date:

2023-11-09

format:

Hardback, 162 x 242 x 37 (mm)

ISBN:

9780008526276


You may also like…

  • Allendale, Tynedale and Derwent Lead Mines

    £10.00
  • boundary songs

    Boundary Songs – Notes from the Edge of the Lake District National Park

    £8.99