Alternative Agriculture: A History - From the Black Death to the Present Day

Zusatztext bristles with such fascinating details which challenge notions about what is traditional and what is innovative in English agriculture ... Thirsk's stimulating and often entertaining account is partly a work of history and partly a manifesto on the future of agriculture. Informationen zum Autor Dr Thirsk, CBE, FBA, was Reader in Economic History at Oxford University from 1965-1983, and has twice been President of the British Agricultural History Society Klappentext People like to believe in a past golden age of "traditional" English countryside! before large farms! machinery! and the destruction of hedgerows changed the landscape forever. Yet crops from the past like flax! hemp! rapeseed! and woad are gradually reappearing in the "modern" countryside. Thirsk reveals how the forces which drive the current interest in alternative forms of agriculture--a glut of mainstream meat and cereal crops! changing patterns of diet! the needs of medicine--have striking parallels with earlier periods of English history! emphasizing that solutions to current problems can still be found in the hard-won experience of people in the past. Zusammenfassung The author reveals how the forces which drive our contemporary interest in alternative forms of agriculture - changing eating habits, the needs of medicine - have parallels with earlier periods of our history. She emphasizes that we can find solutions in the experiences of the past. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction PART 1 THE FIRST EXPERIENCE, 1350-1500 1: Agriculture after the Black Death PART II THE SECOND EXPERIENCE, 1650-1750 2: Entering a New Era 3: Settling into a Routine 4: Alternative Crops: The Successes 5: Alternative Crops: The Near-Failures and Failures PART III THE THIRD EXPERIENCE, 1879-1939 6: Familiar Strategies 7: Diversification and Innovation 8: Context and Conclusion PART IV THE FOURTH EXPERIENCE, 1980s ONWARDS 9: Alternative Agriculture Today Conclusion ...

Product details

• Authors: Joan Thirsk, Joan (Former President Thirsk, Thirsk Joan
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.03.2000
• EAN: 9780198208136
• ISBN: 978-0-19-820813-6
• No. of pages: 384
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Agriculture, horticulture; forestry, fishing, food; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Agribusiness, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Food Industry, Economic history, c 1500 onwards to present day, United Kingdom, Great Britain, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Social and cultural history, Agriculture and farming, AGRICULTURE & FARMING, Agriculture, agribusiness and food production industries, Agriculture & Related Industries, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards