People like to believe in a past golden age of "traditional" English countryside, before large farms, machinery, and the destruction of hedgerows changed the landscape forever. Yet crops from the past like flax, hemp, rapeseed, and woad are gradually reappearing in the "modern" countryside. Thirsk reveals how the forces which drive the current interest in alternative forms of agriculture--a glut of mainstream meat and cereal crops, changing patterns of diet, the needs of medicine--have striking parallels with earlier periods of English history, emphasizing that solutions to current problems…mehr
People like to believe in a past golden age of "traditional" English countryside, before large farms, machinery, and the destruction of hedgerows changed the landscape forever. Yet crops from the past like flax, hemp, rapeseed, and woad are gradually reappearing in the "modern" countryside. Thirsk reveals how the forces which drive the current interest in alternative forms of agriculture--a glut of mainstream meat and cereal crops, changing patterns of diet, the needs of medicine--have striking parallels with earlier periods of English history, emphasizing that solutions to current problems can still be found in the hard-won experience of people in the past.
Joan Thirsk (CBE, FBA), was Fellow of St Hilda's College, Oxford from 1965-1983, and has twice been President of the British Agricultural History Society.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction PART 1 THE FIRST EXPERIENCE, 1350-1500 1: Agriculture after the Black Death PART II THE SECOND EXPERIENCE, 1650-1750 2: Entering a New Era 3: Settling into a Routine 4: Alternative Crops: The Successes 5: Alternative Crops: The Near-Failures and Failures PART III THE THIRD EXPERIENCE, 1879-1939 6: Familiar Strategies 7: Diversification and Innovation 8: Context and Conclusion PART IV THE FOURTH EXPERIENCE, 1980s ONWARDS 9: Alternative Agriculture Today Conclusion
Introduction PART 1 THE FIRST EXPERIENCE, 1350-1500 1: Agriculture after the Black Death PART II THE SECOND EXPERIENCE, 1650-1750 2: Entering a New Era 3: Settling into a Routine 4: Alternative Crops: The Successes 5: Alternative Crops: The Near-Failures and Failures PART III THE THIRD EXPERIENCE, 1879-1939 6: Familiar Strategies 7: Diversification and Innovation 8: Context and Conclusion PART IV THE FOURTH EXPERIENCE, 1980s ONWARDS 9: Alternative Agriculture Today Conclusion
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