Land and Its People - Chapters in Rural Life and History

Klappentext This survey of British agriculture is an important source for social and economic historians, especially of the First World War. Zusammenfassung First published in 1925! this account of British agriculture! particularly in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries! is a valuable source for social and economic historians. Lord Ernle was President of the Board of Agriculture during the First World War! and revolutionised agricultural production to feed the country at war. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. The village farm; 2. Enclosure of village farms; 3. Obstacles to progress; 4. Agricultural workers in 1800 and 1925; 5. Country villages; 6. The food campaign, 1916-18; 7. Women on the land, 1917-19; 8. Fallacies about landlords; 9. Farmers in politics; 10. The future of British agriculture.

Product details

• Authors: Baron Ernle Rowland Edmund Prothero, Rowland Edmund Prothero
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.01.2011
• EAN: 9781108025300
• ISBN: 978-1-108-02530-0
• No. of pages: 274
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Agriculture, horticulture; forestry, fishing, food; European History, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Social and cultural history, Agriculture and farming, AGRICULTURE & FARMING, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), C 1900 - C 1914, c 1900 to c 1909, c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period)