Vanishing Countryman

<p>First published in 1989 <i>The Vanishing Countryman </i>investigates how farmers farm workers and other country crafts- and tradespeople have fared in response to significant changes across the British countryside in the past one hundred years. </p><p>The book explores the move towards large-scale and capital-intensive farming and the conflict between increased production and damage to the environment. It looks at the decline in the number of farm workers crafts- and tradespeople. It also considers the changes in social composition across country villages and the impact that this has had on living standards housing and transport. </p><p>The Vanishing Countryman will appeal to those with an interest in rural and social history and in the history of the British countryside specifically. </p>