Rider Haggard and Rural England
Methods of social enquiry in the English countryside
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11933499 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mark Freeman (0000-0003-4521-2720, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 209-216 |
| Publication date | 2001-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0307-1022 • E-ISSN: 1470-1200 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03071020110039751 |
| OpenAlex | W4255364429 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 3 |
Methods of Social Inquiry in the English CountrysideAlthough we know much about the methods used by Charles Booth, Seebohm Rowntree and other social investigators in urban Britain in the late Victorian and Edwardian periods, little has yet been written on the methods of rural surveys. 1 In 1901 the popular novelist, Norfolk landowner and practical agriculturist Henry Rider Haggard, together with Arthur Cochrane, a friend acting in a secretarial capacity, travelled around the country, visiting twenty-four counties and two Channel Islands, interviewing different authorities on rural life, with the intention of inquring into the state of English agriculture and the reasons and remedies for the rural depopulation that appeared to be threatening its future.They carried out a total of 484 interviews, sent out hundreds of printed questionnaires, and received in addition many
Political science · Rural area · Sociology · Cultural History and Identity Formation · Gender Studies · Historical Economic and Social Studies · History · Law · Scottish History and National Identity
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,17 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |