English Peasant Farming

The Agrarian history of Lincolnshire from Tudor to Recent Times
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-415-84739-1
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 376 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 576 g

Reihe: Economic History

English society until the mid-eighteenth century was a predominantly rural and a peasant society. Yet we know surprisingly little about peasant life. This volume originally published in 1957, presents the agrarian history of Lincolnshire from Tudor to recent times.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Thirsk, Joan

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Geschichte der VWL

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1. Fenland Farming in the Sixteenth Century 2. The Marshland in the Sixteenth Century 3. The Chalk and Limestone Uplands in the Sixteenth Century 4. The Lincolnshire Claylands and Miscellaneous Soils in the Sixteenth Century 5. The Fenland, 1600-1740 6. The Marshland, 1600-1740 7. The Uplands, 1600-1740 8. The Claylands and Miscellaneous Soils, 1600-1740 9. Population and Prosperity, 1740-1870 10. The Fenland, 1740-1870 11. The Marshland, 1740-1870 12. The Uplands, 1740-1870 13. The Clays and Miscellaneous Soils, 1740-1870 14. Lincolnshire Agriculture and Rural Society, 1870-1914

Über Autor(innen)

Joan Thrisk Senior Research Fellow in English Agrarian History, University of Leicester