Barry Sloan – författare

The essays in this collection seek to challenge accepted scholarship on the rural-urban divide. Using case studies from the UK, Europe and America, contributors examine complex rural-urban relationships of conflict and cooperation. The volume will be of interest to those researching society and politics, criminology, literature and demographics.

Rural-Urban Relationships in the Nineteenth Century is a collection of 12 new essays, presented in four sections which highlight key examples of these rural/urban encounters. They explore the changing working practices, the impact of modernity, and different perceptions of social mobility, and examine how urban/rural negotiations were enacted in a range of different regional locations.