Rowland E. Prothero

English Farming, Past and Present

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Published in 1912, this classic historical survey of English farming tells the story of agriculture since the middle ages.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 524
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Juni 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 842g
• ISBN-13: 9781108062480
• ISBN-10: 1108062482
• Artikelnr.: 39303785

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. The manorial system of farming
2. The break-up of the manor
3. Farming for profit
4. The reign of Elizabeth
5. From James I to the restoration
6. The later Stewarts and the revolution
7. Jethro Tull and Lord Townshend
8. The stock-breeder's art and Robert Bakewell
9. Arthur Young and the diffusion of knowledge
10. Large farms and capitalist farmers
11. Open-field farms and pasture commons
12. The English corn laws
13. Highways
14. The rural population
15. Agricultural depression and the poor law
16. Tithes
17. High farming
18. Adversity
19. Conclusion
Appendices
Index.