Land, Labour and Agriculture, 1700-1920
Author | : G. E. Mingay |
Publisher | : A&C Black |
Total Pages | : 298 |
Release | : 1991-01-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 1852850426 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781852850425 |
Rating | : 4/5 (26 Downloads) |
Download or read book Land, Labour and Agriculture, 1700-1920 written by G. E. Mingay and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The challenges and opportunities offered to British farming by the profound changes of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries make these years of outstanding interest to the agricultural historian. These original essays are presented to Gordon Mingay, the most distinguished historian of the Agricultural Revolution, and reflect his own interests in three central themes; landownership and landed society; rural labour; and agriculture both as a business and as a way of life.