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Oriental Akenfield

John Haylock Shinohata: A Portrait of a Japanese Village Ronald Dore (Allen Lane £7.95) Professor Dore has known Shinohata since 1955, paying many visits to the village, staying......

Village Schooling

O.R. McGregor Education in Rural England 1800-19 14 Pamela Horn (Gill and Macmillan £15) Many overseas visitors to the Great Exhibition of 1851 attended the Royal Agricultural......