This book looks at the phenomenon of Tory Socialism in theory and practice from the nineteenth century to 1940 as reflected in English culture, society, and politics. The roots are traced in the reaction to industrialism and the its effects on the landscape and environment, as well as competitive individualism and materialism. Tory socialism is discussed through the notion of 'Merry England, ' rural nostalgia, pastoral utopianism and conceptions of...
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