Table of Contents

Part 1 Rural Development.

1 One thousand years of rural life.

P Brassley.

Part 2 Rural Society & Government.

2 An introduction to contemporary rural economies.

M Winter and M Lobley.

3 More than picturesque: An introduction to contemporary rural society.

M Reed and M Lobley.

4 Countryside law.

T Felton.

5 Rural planning.

P Tyler P Warner.

Part 3 The Rural Environment.

6 Nature conservation.

E Williams.

7 Landscape.

S Blackburn and P Brassley.

8 Building conservation.

PC Child.

Part 4 The Rural Economy.

9 The common agricultural policy of the European Union.

P Brassley and M Lobley.

10 Livestock production.

RA Cooper.

11 Cropping in the UK.

A Samuel.

12 Grassland.

RJ Wilkins.

13 Organic farming.

NH Lampkin.

14 Farm woodland management.

AD Carter and I Willoughby.

15 Game bird management.

S Tapper.

16 Equine.

J Houghton Brown.

17 Amenity fisheries and aquaculture.

P Haughton and D Horsely.

18 Tourism.

PR Brunt.

19 Marketing management.

R Soffe.

20 Managing people.

MAH Stone

About the Author

Richard J. Soffe is the author of The Countryside Notebook, published by Wiley.