The earth to the people! : a study of the economic viability of small West Country towns and villages for their people : with practical and long-term suggestions for remedying their serious present-day problems / [by David Stringer].
- Stringer, David
- Date:
- [1974]
- Books
About this work
Description
"A study of the social and economic viability of small West Country and especially Cornish towns and villages from the standpoint of their poorer and less privileged populations and that of the declinging rural areas, with some radical remedies and a critical look at County Council and Government plans and assistance and also what local people might do themselves about it."-- From page 1.
Publication/Creation
Truro, Cornwall : The Digger Press ; Leeds, Yorks : Firebird Publications, [1974]
Physical description
81 pages, [3 folded leaves] : black and white illustrations, charts, music ; 30 cm
Related material
This item was donated as part of the Godfrey Boyle archive held by Wellcome Collection, reference PP/GBO https://wellcomecollection.org/works/t5pbagvp
Notes
Title from cover.
Introduction (page 2) dated 6th July 1974.
Has 3 fold-out pages at the end of the publication: "Proposed alternative admin of land/housing resources" ; a song sheet ; "The inflationary spiral affecting rural areas especially as regards land/housing!"
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references.
Type/Technique
Languages
Subjects
- Land usePolitical aspectsEnglandCornwall (County)
- Land reformPolitical aspectsEnglandCornwall (County)
- HousingPolitical aspectsEnglandCornwall (County)
- Community organizationEnglandCornwall (County)
- Sociology, Rural
- Rural Population
- Natural Resources
- Socioeconomic Factors
- Human Rights
- Cornwall (England : County)
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores+P488