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Back to the Land: Historiography, Rurality and the Nation in Interwar Wales
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In this paper, the authors present an explanation of the appeal of the rural in interwar Wales and the emergence of 'back to the land' tendencies, and the development of such ideas within Welsh nationalist politics.Abstract:
This paper presents an explanation of the appeal of the rural in interwar Wales and the emergence of 'back to the land' tendencies. The context is the fluid and contested understanding of the nation and of national identity. The 'moral topography' of academics at Aberystwyth, most notably the geographer H J Fleure, is outlined. A view of rural society as essentially stable and spiritually virtuous emerges from this work. The development of such ideas within Welsh nationalist politics is outlined and 'back to the land' proposals, from academics and politicians, are discussed. A consideration of the relationship between the traditional and the modem and the role of the rural within this relationship forms the conclusion.read more
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Discourses of rurality: Loose talk or social struggle?
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Talk about woods and trees: threat of urbanization, stability, and biodiversity
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‘Adref’: theoretical contexts of attachment to place for mature and older people in rural North Wales
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