Agrarian History of England and Wales: Volume 8, 1914-1939 - England and Wales: Series Number

Klappentext Volume VIII of the Agrarian History (1978) provides a technical, social and economic history of rural England and Wales between 1914 and 1939. Zusammenfassung Volume VIII of the Agrarian History of England and Wales! first published in 1978! provides a technical! social and economic history of rural England and Wales between 1914 and 1939. The author assesses the effects on farming of the rapid wartime rise in prices! the post-war deflation and the depression. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface by the general editor; Tables; Abbreviations; Weights and measures; Preface; 1. Agricultural production in 1914; 2. Markets for the agricultural output; 3. Types of farming; 4. Land and people; 5. Agriculture and the outbreak of war; 6. Policy for agriculture, 1915-16; 7. The food shortage and agricultural policy 1916-18; 8. Price control and agricultural policy, 1918-20; 9. The post-war years, 1919-21; 10. Prices, costs and policy, 1921-9; 11. Changes in farming practice; 12. Farming inputs and outputs; 13. The economic depression, 1929-33; 14. Agricultural policy, 1929-37; 15. Practice with science; 16. Changes in farming practice; 17. The waygoing; 18. The land; Selected bibliography; Index.

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• Authors: Edith H Whetham, Edith H. Whetham
• Assisted by: Joan Thirsk (Editor), Edith H. Whetham (Editor), Whetham Edith H. (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.07.2011
• EAN: 9780521200134
• ISBN: 978-0-521-20013-4
• No. of pages: 378
• Series: Agrarian History of England an; Agrarian History of England and Wales
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; England, Wales, European History, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Wales, British & Irish history, Social and cultural history, Wales / Cymru