Year''s Residence in the United States of America - Treating of Face of Country, Climate, Soil... Of Expenses of

Klappentext The English political reformer William Cobbett (1763 1835) discusses the practicalities of farming in America in this 1818 9 publication. Zusammenfassung Here reissued in its 1819 second edition, this 1818 book by the political reformer William Cobbett (1763–1835) describes a year he spent farming on Long Island after fleeing England. Analysing the climate, soil, crops and economics, Cobbett disputes claims that the mid-West is an ideal destination for British emigrants. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I: General preface; 1. Description of the situation and extent of Long Island, and also of the face of the country, and an account of the climate, seasons, and soil; 2. Ruta Baga. Culture, mode of preserving, and uses of the Ruta Baga, sometimes called the Russian, and sometimes the Swedish, turnip; Part II: Dedication; Preface; 3. Experiments as to cabbages; 4. Earth-burning; 5. Transplanting Indian corn; 6. Swedish turnips; 7. Potatoes; 8. Cows, sheep, hogs, and poultry; 9. Prices of land, labour, working cattle, husbandry implements; 10. Expenses of housekeeping; 11. Manners, customs, and character of the people; 12. Rural sports; 13. Paupers and beggars; 14. Government, laws, and religion; Part III: Dedication; Preface; Mr. Hulme's introduction to his journal; Mr. Hulme's journal, made during a tour in the western countries of America, in which tour he visited Mr. Birkbeck's settlement; Mr. Cobbett's letters to Mr. Birkbeck, remonstrating with that gentleman on the numerous delusions, contained in his two publications, entitled 'Notes on a Journey in America' and 'Letters from Illinois'; Postscript, being the details of an experiment made in the cultivation of the Ruta Baga; Second postscript, a refutation of Fearon's falsehoods.

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• Authors: William Cobbett
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.09.2011
• EAN: 9781108032704
• ISBN: 978-1-108-03270-4
• No. of pages: 630
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - North American History
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Travel > Travel guides > North and Central America; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas