Land and Society in Edwardian Britain

• Preface; 1. An introduction; Part I. Processes and Representations: 2. Lloyd George, the 1909 Budget and the land campaign; 3. The national structure of the valuation process; 4. The survey procedures and documents; 5. The 1910 documents and archival policies; Part II. Themes and Locality Studies: 6. Projects and problems; 7. Urban social area analysis 1909–14; 8. Rural society and economy 1909–14; 9. Rural industrial communities on the eve of the Great War; 10. Contrasts and comparisons; 11. The survey in Ireland; 12. The survey in Scotland; 13. A discourse of state power 1909–14; Bibliography; Appendices.

'… this pathbreaking book … is a valuable study … an unrivalled source [for the early twentieth century] which, particularly when it can be coupled with the 1911 census returns in 2012, offers the chance for a detailed study of the economic history and social geography of Britain before the First World War.' Economic History Review