Agricultural Revolution In England

Author : Mark Overton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1996-04-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521568595

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Agricultural Revolution in England by Mark Overton Pdf

This book is the first available survey of English agriculture between 1500 and 1850. It combines new evidence with recent findings from the specialist literature, to argue that the agricultural revolution took place in the century after 1750. Taking a broad view of agrarian change, the author begins with a description of sixteenth-century farming and an analysis of its regional structure. He then argues that the agricultural revolution consisted of two related transformations. The first was a transformation in output and productivity brought about by a complex set of changes in farming practice. The second was a transformation of the agrarian economy and society, including a series of related developments in marketing, landholding, field systems, property rights, enclosure and social relations. Written specifically for students, this book will be invaluable to anyone studying English economic and social history, or the history of agriculture.

Author : Eric Kerridge
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136602955

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The Agricultural Revolution by Eric Kerridge Pdf

First Published in 2005. This book argues that the agricultural revolution took place in England in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and not in the eighteenth and nineteenth.

Author : Paul Brassley,Michael Winter,Matt Lobley,David Harvey
Publisher : Boydell Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2023-11-14
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1837651108

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The Real Agricultural Revolution by Paul Brassley,Michael Winter,Matt Lobley,David Harvey Pdf

An investigation into farming practices throughout a period of seismic change. WINNER of the British Agricultural History Society's 2022 Thirsk Prize WINNER of the 2022 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Award "This meticulously researched book gives a detailed and authoritative history of agricultural change in the second half of the twentieth century. The book skilfully weaves together the hitherto underexplored individual returns of the Farm Management Survey with oral histories of the farmers who enacted change on the ground to offer an incisive account of the complex technological, political and cultural developments which gave rise to some of the greatest changes in English farming history. It will stand as the key reference point for those with an interest in the history of agricultural change in Britain." Professor Mark Riley, University of Liverpool At the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939 British agriculture was largely powered by the muscles of men, women, and horses, and used mostly nineteenth-century technology to produce less than half of the country's temperate food. By 1985, less land and far fewer people were involved in farming, the power sources and technologies had been completely transformed, and the output of the country's agriculture had more than doubled. This is the story of the national farm, reflecting the efforts and experiences of 200,000 or so farmers and their families, together with the people they employed. But it is not the story of any individual one of them. We know too little about change at the individual farm level, although what happened varied considerably between farms and between different technologies. Based on an improbably-surviving archive of Farm Management Survey accounts, supported by oral histories from some of the farmers involved, this book explores the links between the production of new technologies, their transmission through knowledge networks, and their reception on individual farms. It contests the idea that rapid adoption of technology was inevitable, and reveals the unevenness, variability and complexity that lay beneath the smooth surface of the official statistics.

Author : Robert C. Allen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 13 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2009-04-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780521868273

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The British Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective by Robert C. Allen Pdf

Why did the industrial revolution take place in 18th century Britain and not elsewhere in Europe or Asia? Robert Allen argues that the British industrial revolution was a successful response to the global economy of the 17th and 18th centuries.

Author : Graeme Barker
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 615 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199559954

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The Agricultural Revolution in Prehistory by Graeme Barker Pdf

Addressing one of the most debated revolutions in the history of our species, the change from hunting and gathering to farming, this title takes a global view, and integrates an array of information from archaeology and many other disciplines, including anthropology, botany, climatology, genetics, linguistics, and zoology.

Author : Jonathan David Chambers,G. E. Mingay
Publisher : New-York : Schocken Books
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : UOM:39015065484332

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The Agricultural Revolution, 1750-1880 by Jonathan David Chambers,G. E. Mingay Pdf

Author : Roderick Floud,Jane Humphries,Paul Johnson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 607 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781107038462

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The Cambridge Economic History of Modern Britain by Roderick Floud,Jane Humphries,Paul Johnson Pdf

A new edition of the leading textbook on the economic history of Britain since industrialization. Combining the expertise of more than thirty leading historians and economists, Volume 2 tracks the development of the British economy from late nineteenth-century global dominance to its early twenty-first century position as a mid-sized player in an integrated European economy. Each chapter provides a clear guide to the major controversies in the field and students are shown how to connect historical evidence with economic theory and how to apply quantitative methods. The chapters re-examine issues of Britain's relative economic growth and decline over the 'long' twentieth century, setting the British experience within an international context, and benchmark its performance against that of its European and global competitors. Suggestions for further reading are also provided in each chapter, to help students engage thoroughly with the topics being discussed.

Author : M. E. Turner,J. V. Beckett,B. Afton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2004-05-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521893585

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Agricultural Rent in England, 1690-1914 by M. E. Turner,J. V. Beckett,B. Afton Pdf

A study of the course of English agricultural rents, from 1690 to the First World War.

Author : Robert C. Allen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2017-02-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9780191016783

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The Industrial Revolution: A Very Short Introduction by Robert C. Allen Pdf

The 'Industrial Revolution' was a pivotal point in British history that occurred between the mid-eighteenth and mid-nineteenth centuries and led to far reaching transformations of society. With the advent of revolutionary manufacturing technology productivity boomed. Machines were used to spin and weave cloth, steam engines were used to provide reliable power, and industry was fed by the construction of the first railways, a great network of arteries feeding the factories. Cities grew as people shifted from agriculture to industry and commerce. Hand in hand with the growth of cities came rising levels of pollution and disease. Many people lost their jobs to the new machinery, whilst working conditions in the factories were grim and pay was low. As the middle classes prospered, social unrest ran through the working classes, and the exploitation of workers led to the growth of trade unions and protest movements. In this Very Short Introduction, Robert C. Allen analyzes the key features of the Industrial Revolution in Britain, and the spread of industrialization to other countries. He considers the factors that combined to enable industrialization at this time, including Britain's position as a global commercial empire, and discusses the changes in technology and business organization, and their impact on different social classes and groups. Introducing the 'winners' and the 'losers' of the Industrial Revolution, he looks at how the changes were reflected in evolving government policies, and what contribution these made to the economic transformation. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

Author : Don Paarlberg,Philip Paarlberg
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2008-02-28
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780470290064

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The Agricultural Revolution of the 20th Century by Don Paarlberg,Philip Paarlberg Pdf

A book for a varied audience: college students of agriculture and sociology; high school students of vocation agriculture; members of the American Agricultural Economics Association; people with a long-standing background in agriculture; and other readers interested in 20th century agriculture. The book reads like a story and is supplemented with excellent photographs, contrasting past practices with modern technology.

Author : Harmke Kamminga,Dr. Andrew Cunningham
Publisher : Rodopi
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9051838182

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The Science and Culture of Nutrition, 1840-1940 by Harmke Kamminga,Dr. Andrew Cunningham Pdf

The Science and Culture of Nutrition, 1840-1940 for the first time looks at the ways in which scientific theories and investigations of nutrition have made their impact on a range of social practices and ideologies, and how these in turn have shaped the priorities and practices of the science of nutrition.

Author : E. A. Wrigley
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2010-08-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780521766937

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Energy and the English Industrial Revolution by E. A. Wrigley Pdf

Retrospective: 9.

Author : W.D. Taylor
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 744 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2017-03-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781349193776

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Mastering Economic and Social History by W.D. Taylor Pdf

A concise, up-to-date introductory text for first examinations, covering the period from 1750 to the present day. The book includes a wide selection of source material in keeping with the current trends in history teaching.

Author : Hugh Chisholm
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1016 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1911
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN : UOM:39015015204509

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The Encyclopaedia Britannica by Hugh Chisholm Pdf

Author : Harriett Bradley
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2021-04-25
Category : History
ISBN : EAN:4064066145569

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The Enclosures in England: An Economic Reconstruction by Harriett Bradley Pdf

"The Enclosures in England: An Economic Reconstruction" by Harriett Bradley. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.