Change in the Village (Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century)
Cambridge University Press, 11/18/2010
EAN 9781108025263, ISBN10: 1108025269
Paperback, 324 pages, 21.6 x 14 x 2.1 cm
Language: English
George Sturt (1863–1927) was a British wheelwright and writer who usually wrote under the pen-name George Bourne. A native of Surrey, he inherited his father's workshop in the rural village of Bourne, near Farnborough, in 1891 and began to record the daily lives and recollections of his rural family and acquaintances. This volume, first published in 1912, contains Sturt's description and analysis of social changes he saw taking place in the village where he lived. At the time of publication, Sturt's village was being transformed from a rural agricultural community into a 'residential centre' populated by wealthy outsiders from London. Sturt sensitively and perceptively describes these changes, and analyses their impact on the rural society, community and economy by comparing the contemporary situation to the 'old' rural society. This volume provides valuable insights into changes and social tensions in rural Late Victorian society and economy.
Part I
1. The village
Part II. The Present Time
2. Self-reliance
3. Man and wife
4. Manifold troubles
5. Drink
6. Ways and means
7. Good temper
Part III. The Altered Circumstances
8. The peasant system
9. The new thrift
10. Competition
11. Humiliation
12. The humiliated
13. Notice to quit
Part IV. The Resulting Needs
14. The initial defect
15. The opportunity
16. The obstacles
17. The women's need
18. The want of book-learning
19. Emotional starvation
20. The children's need
Part V
20. The forward movement.