Rural-Urban Relationships in the Nineteenth Century: Uneasy neighbours?

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.

About the Author

Mary Hammond is Associate Professor of Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture at the University of Southampton, UK, and founding Director of the Southampton Centre for Nineteenth-Century Research. Barry Sloan is Professor of English at the University of Southampton and a member of the Southampton Centre of Nineteenth-Century Research.