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The Edwardian Farm
Description
The Edwardian period is often seen as something of a gilded age; war would imminently remove hundreds of thousands of men from the labour force, and instigate progress to mechanise. Illustrated with a wealth of archive material, this book tells the story of farming in Britain in the early years of the twentieth century an age of horse, steam and intensive labour. Looking at the structure of farming and its output, alongside the lives of the people who worked the land, this is a fascinating picture of British agriculture at a turning point in history.
Table of Contents
Introduction /The Victorian Legacy in Farming /Who Worked the Farms? /What the Farmer Grew: the Mixed Farm /Pastoral Farming /Dairy Farming /Horse Power, Manpower and Machines /Farming Fit for War? /Further Reading /Index
Product details
| Published | 10 Sep 2010 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 64 |
| ISBN | 9780747808077 |
| Imprint | Shire Publications |
| Illustrations | 60 b/w; 20 col |
| Dimensions | 210 x 149 mm |
| Series | Shire Library |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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