The Contested Countryside: Rural Politics and Land Controversy in Modern Britain

The book examines the historical background to some of the main controversies of contemporary rural life. The authors explore key elements of rural life, including the varying responses to animal disease from Biblical times to the 2001 outbreak of foot-and-mouth, the relationship between farming methods and landscape preservation as well as organic farming, the role of the European Union and the truth about the Countryside Alliance. In the process they address the thorny question of whether the countryside can still support a rural population.Burchardt, Jeremy is the author of 'The Contested Countryside: Rural Politics and Land Controversy in Modern Britain', published 2008 under ISBN 9781845117153 and ISBN 1845117158.