Life in an English Village, an Economic and Historical Survey of the Parish of Corsley in Wiltshire, by Maud F Davies, edited with an introductory essay by Jane Howells

Reprint of a classic study of village life, first published in 1909, which caused controversy locally when it first appeared, because of its frank descriptions of the lives of supposedly anonymous villagers. The author, a pioneer sociologist who had studied at the London School of Economics under Sidney and Beatrice Webb, died under mysterious circumstances four years after her book was published, and this edition, marking the centenary of her death, is prefaced by an important introductory essay about Maud Davies's life, work and tragic death, by Dr Jane Howells. March 2013, x, 317 pages, illustrations and tables, paperback, £14.95, ISBN 978-1-906978-05-1