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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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- Pages:56 pages, 50 b/w; 20 col
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:20/09/2012
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- ISBN:9780747812647
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Download - Immediately Available
- Format:EPUB
- Pages:56 pages, 50 b/w; 20 col
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:20/09/2012
- Category:
- ISBN:9780747812647
