Urban and Rural English Culture

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This comparison is limited to England, and does not consider the other regions of Great Britain Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. This paper concentrates on urban culture, and refers to lifestyles, outlooks and social environments in the urban areas of cities such as London, Manchester, Birmingham and Liverpool. Rural culture, as the term is used in this comparison, refers to lifestyles, outlooks, and social environments not only in the villages and farm country of England but also to the same factors prevalent in smaller cities and towns located outside the urban rings surrounding England s larger cities.

Introduction
The Approach to Comparing and Contrasting Urban and Rural Cultures
The Myth of England?s Rural Edens
Issues and Factors Differentiating Urban and Rural Cultures
Land Use and Control
The Animal Dichotomy
Roaming the Land
Social Factors
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"Neither the differences nor the similarities between urban and rural cultures in England may be fully appreciated through the recitation of masses of statistics concerning the proportions of school leavers, the underemployed, the poorly housed, or any of the other macro-statistical of which economists and politicians are so enamored. Rather, the variations in outlooks on life that drive frequently conflicting goals between urban and rural populations, the intrusion of modern social ills that threaten to engulf urban and rural culture alike, and mythology about the realities of urban and rural life are the more meaningful contexts within which urban and rural cultures in England may be compared and contrasted."

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