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Informationen zum Autor Celia Cordle is the recipient of the Kent Archaeological Society's inaugural Hasted Prize. She studied English local history at the University of Leicester, where she earned a PhD. Klappentext Based on oral histories and farm books, this account offers a fascinating analysis of some 300 years of hop-cultivation history in the Weald of Kent, a rural area in the South of England, and in the London Borough of Southwark. The diverse processes of hop agriculture are examined within the wider context of events, such as the advent of the railroads and the effects of war, as are changes to the working practices and technologies used and their reception and implementation in the Weald. Also examining hop trading and dealing, this comprehensive record demonstrates the impact this rural industry had upon the lives of the people engaged in it. Zusammenfassung Out of the Hay and into the Hops explores the history and development of hop cultivation in the Weald of Kent together with the marketing of this important crop in the Borough at Southwark (where a significant proportion of Wealden hops were sold). Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: '... into the Hops' Chapter 1 Land and Location Chapter 2 Fringe Farms: the Early Days of Hop cultivation Chapter 3 Continuity and Change: Combourne and Harper's Farms 1897-1899 Chapter 4 The Twentieth Century: Futures Chapter 5 Hop Factors and Hop Merchants: Buying and Selling Hops in the Borough Chapter 6 The Last Hurrah? Tithe Commutation and the Repeal of Hop Duty Conclusion: Gathering Up and Moving On
