Real England by Paul Kingsnorth
The Battle Against the Bland
A travelogue and polemic that charts the erosion of local culture and community life across England as corporate homogenization and centralized policies squeeze out independent pubs, shops, farms, and traditions. Through encounters with campaigners, shopkeepers, brewers, and farmers, it lays bare the human cost of supermarket dominance, chain retail, and aggressive development. Equal parts lament and rallying cry, it celebrates grassroots resistance and urges the rebuilding of place-based economies and identities before they disappear.
- Published
- 2008
- Nationality
- British
- Length
- Unknown
- Pages
- Unknown
- Original Language
- English
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(5.0)
- Alternate Titles
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