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Penury into Plenty Dearth and the Making of Knowledge in Early Modern England
By Ayesha Mukherjee
Copyright 2015
288 Pages
by
Routledge
286 Pages
by
Routledge
286 Pages
by
Routledge
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Penury into Plenty: Dearth and the Making of Knowledge in Early Modern England is an original examination of cultural meanings of dearth and famine in England at the turn of the sixteenth century. It focuses on the socio-economic and ecological crises of the 1590s, investigating the effects of widespread fears of famine on mundane activities and knowledge making by analyzing the remedial... Read more
1. Introduction: The Problem of Dearth in Early Modern England
2. Literatures of Dearth
3. Dearth and Knowledge-making
4. Dearth Science, Sustainability, and the Economy of Manure
5. Sustainable Households
6. Trading in Dearth
Biography
Ayesha Mukherjee is Lecturer in English at the University of Exeter. Her research is focused on early modern English literature and cultural history.
