1st Edition

The Agricultural Revolution

By Eric Kerridge Copyright 2006
    432 Pages
    by Routledge

    432 Pages
    by Routledge

    First Published in 2005. This book argues that the agricultural revolution took place in England in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and not in the eighteenth andnineteenth.

    Preface

    1. Introductory

    2. The Farming Counties of England

    3. Up and Down Husbandry

    4. Fen Drainage

    5. Fertilizers

    6. Floating the Watermeadows

    7. New Crops

    8. New Systems

    9. New Stock

    10. The Fruits of Enterprise

    Appendix A.

    Addional references to Midland Common-field Farms

    Appendix B.

    Addtional References to Midland Up-and-Down Farms

    Glossary

    Biography

    Eric Kerridge, University College of North Wales