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Rural Rides is the book for which the English journalist, agriculturist and political reformer William Cobbett is best known. At the time of writing in the early 1820s, Cobbett was a radical anti-Corn Law campaigner, newly returned to England from a spell of self-imposed political exile in the United States.
- Great Britain
- The Political Register
- 1822 to 1826
- William Cobbett
His best known book is Rural Rides (1830, in print). He argued against Malthusianism, saying economic betterment could support global population growth.
- Gray's Inn
- Pamphleteer, journalist, soldier
9 de abr. de 2020 · Rural Rides is the book for which the English journalist, agriculturist and political reformer William Cobbett is best known. At the time of writing Rural Rides, in the early 1820s, Cobbett...
- William Cobbett
- e-artnow, 2020
- 634 pages
- Rural Rides
William Cobbett, también conocido por su pseudónimo Peter Porcupine ( Farnham, Surrey, 9 de marzo de 1763- Normandy, Surrey, 18 de junio de 1835) fue un periodista, naturalista, y político británico.
Recording swiftly changing ways of life, Rural Rides juxtaposes lyrical evocations of the countryside with attacks on the poverty of agricultural workers consigned to hovels with a diet of potatoes and tea. It remains one of the greatest celebrations of agrarian England, admired by thinkers as diverse as Marx, Chesterton and Belloc. Show more.
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27 de may. de 2014 · His book Rural Rides collects together the articles published in his Political Register between 1822 and 1826, reflecting conditions of farmers and labourers in the English countryside, together with his views on the necessary actions for remedy and the shortcomings of government in this regard.
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