VICTORIAN COUNTRY LIFE by Janet Sacks ( 9780747811381 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

VICTORIAN COUNTRY LIFE

By:

Janet Sacks

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Paperback

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ISBN 10:

0747811385

ISBN 13:

9780747811381

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Publisher:

BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC

Pub. date:

8 August, 2012

Series:

Shire Library

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Synopsis:

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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50 b/w; 20 col

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Shire Publications Ltd

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