Landed Interest and the Supply of Food

List of contents

Home and foreign supply of food; changes and progress in agriculture in recent years; soil, climate and crops; distribution of landed property; landowner, farmer and labourer; land improvement; recent rise in the value of land; the government in its connection with agriculture; waste lands and copyholds; church, crown and charity estates; the future; agricultural prospects; appendix. (Part contents).

About the author

Caird, James

Summary

First Published in 1967. In The Landed Interest and the Supply of Food James Caird reconsidered the position ofBritish agriculture a generation after theappearance of his High Farming pamphlet andhis English Agriculture in 1850 and 1851. Much of this text was devoted to a reconsideration of the structure of landownership and farming, and the relations between landlord and tenant. This is the fifth edition.

Product details

• Authors: James Caird, Caird James
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9780714610429
• ISBN: 978-0-7146-1042-9
• No. of pages: 184
• Weight: 317 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / General, Economic history, Social classes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Agriculture and farming, AGRICULTURE & FARMING