David Hoseason Morgan

Harvesters and Harvesting 1840-1900

A Study of the Rural Proletariat

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book, first published in 1982, examines the technology, conditions and customs of the harvest and, through that, the life of the rural population of central England from the 1840s until the end of the century when hand tools finally gave way to mechanisation.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 222
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9781138744608
• ISBN-10: 1138744603
• Artikelnr.: 69944910

Autorenporträt

David Hoseason Morgan

Inhaltsangabe

Editor's Note
List of Abbreviations
1. Low Farming to High 2. The Harvest Scene 3. Crops and Labour 4. Children's Labour and Education 5. The Irish Harvesters 6. The Assessment of Harvest Earnings 7. Distribution and Methods of Harvest Payments 8. Social Discontent and Discord 9. Harvest Customs 10. Conclusion
Appendices
Glossary
Bibliography
Index