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The Allotment Movement in England, 1793-1873
Jeremy Burchardt
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Description for The Allotment Movement in England, 1793-1873
Paperback. The first systematic analysis of the early nineteenth-century allotment movement. Series: Royal Historical Society Studies in History New Series. Num Pages: 300 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; TVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 452.
The living standards of the rural poor suffered a severe decline in the first half of the nineteenth century as a result of high population growth, changing agricultural practices, enclosure and the decline of rural industries. Allotment provision was the most important counterweight to the pressures. This book offers the first systematic analysis of the early nineteenth-century allotment movement, providing new data on its chronology and on the number, geographical distribution, size, rents, cultivation yields and effect on living standards of allotments. It thus shows how the movement brought the culture of the rural labouring poor more closely into line ... Read more
The living standards of the rural poor suffered a severe decline in the first half of the nineteenth century as a result of high population growth, changing agricultural practices, enclosure and the decline of rural industries. Allotment provision was the most important counterweight to the pressures. This book offers the first systematic analysis of the early nineteenth-century allotment movement, providing new data on its chronology and on the number, geographical distribution, size, rents, cultivation yields and effect on living standards of allotments. It thus shows how the movement brought the culture of the rural labouring poor more closely into line ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
300
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Weight
464g
Number of Pages
300
Place of Publication
Woodbridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843836438
SKU
V9781843836438
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Ref
99-15
About Jeremy Burchardt
Dr Jeremy Burchardt is Lecturer in Rural History at the University of Reading.
Reviews for The Allotment Movement in England, 1793-1873
A full and important study of allotments which addresses wider rural social issues and relationships. HISTORY [The book] is about more than the early allotment movement: it is a book about changing rural,social and class consciousness, [and] about the creation of a social consensus and about domestic and cultural life. GARDEN HISTORY An excellent study of the ... Read more