Michael Reed read history at the University of Brimingham and took his further degrees at the University of London, and the University of Leicester. He has published a number of papers on various aspects of economic history, as well as an edition of early seventeenth-century probate inventories for Ipswich.

Review of the first publication:‘…Reed’s application of the techniques of local history to Britain as a whole makes this book fresh and rewarding.’— Kenneth L. Campbell, Albion, Volume 16, Issue 3

• Preface 1. The structure of Britain 2. The rural landscape 3. Rural change 4. Country houses, parks and gardens 5. The urban landscape 6. The search for power 7. Transport 8. The secularisation of the landscape 9. Britain in 1830

Michael Reed read history at the University of Brimingham and took his further degrees at the University of London, and the University of Leicester. He has published a number of papers on various aspects of economic history, as well as an edition of early seventeenth-century probate inventories for Ipswich.

Review of the first publication:‘…Reed’s application of the techniques of local history to Britain as a whole makes this book fresh and rewarding.’— Kenneth L. Campbell, Albion, Volume 16, Issue 3

• Preface 1. The structure of Britain 2. The rural landscape 3. Rural change 4. Country houses, parks and gardens 5. The urban landscape 6. The search for power 7. Transport 8. The secularisation of the landscape 9. Britain in 1830

Michael Reed read history at the University of Brimingham and took his further degrees at the University of London, and the University of Leicester. He has published a number of papers on various aspects of economic history, as well as an edition of early seventeenth-century probate inventories for Ipswich.

Review of the first publication:‘…Reed’s application of the techniques of local history to Britain as a whole makes this book fresh and rewarding.’— Kenneth L. Campbell, Albion, Volume 16, Issue 3

• Preface 1. The structure of Britain 2. The rural landscape 3. Rural change 4. Country houses, parks and gardens 5. The urban landscape 6. The search for power 7. Transport 8. The secularisation of the landscape 9. Britain in 1830