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LOVE of the land is a sentiment which can be found in most Britons, and the knowledge that for many years our countryside has been in sore distress has caused them pain and misgivings. For personal and national reasons, they are axious to restore rural England to a state of prosperity and happiness. But from this point unanimity breaks down, and the remedies suggested for bringing health to the country are manifold. Generally, they can be put under two heads. There are those who sigh for the days of “Merrie England”, and with rose-tinted lenses gloss over industrial and economic changes since 1750 and long for the days of simple village crafts and all that went with them. The other school of thought accepts all the developments which have followed the application of scientific discovery and invention, and believe that these should be energetically applied to the countryside for its relief and amelioration.
Problems of the Countryside
By C. S. Orwin. (Current Problems, No. 26.) Pp. iv + 112. (Cambridge: At the University Press, 1945.) 3s. 6d. net.
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HAWKINS, T. Problems of the Countryside. Nature 157, 246 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1038/157246a0
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