Agriculture and Politics in England, 1815-1939

Häftad, Engelska, 2000

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This book traces the decline of landed power in England between 1815 and 1939, primarily in political, but also in economic and social terms. The essays, by leading authors in the field, examine different aspects of the decline of landed power.

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Utgivningsdatum2000-01-01
Mått127 x 203 x 14 mm
Vikt272 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor260
Upplaga2000
FörlagPalgrave Macmillan
ISBN9781349410361

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ROSS WORDIE is a Lecturer in Early Modern Social and Economic History at Reading University. His publications include Estate Management in Eighteenth-Century England (1982) and with C.W.Chalkin Town and Countryside: the English Landowner in the National Economy, 1660-1860 (1989). He has contributed to The Economic History Review, Past and Present, Research in Economic History, Twentieth-Century British History, and The Agrarian History of England and Wales.

Preface Notes on the Contributors Introduction; J.R.Wordie Perceptions and Reality: The Effects of the Corn Laws and their Repeal in England, 1815-1906; J.R.Wordie 'Preventing Ourselves from being Plundered by our Betters': Thomas Perronet Thompson and the Corn Laws; M.Turner Land, Labour, and Politics: Parliament and Allotment Provision, 1830-1870; J.Burchardt The Agricultural Interest and its Critics, 1840-1914; D.Martin No Longer the Farmer's Friend? The Tory Party and Protectionism in England, 1880-1914; E.Green Agricultural Policy and the National Farmer's Union, 1908-1939; J.Brown 'Red Tape Farm'? Visions of a Socialist Agriculture in 1920s and 1930s Britain; C.Griffiths Bibliography Index