A Short History of English Agriculture
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Chapters (88)(click to expand)
- A SHORT HISTORY
- OF
- ENGLISH AGRICULTURE
- W.H.R. CURTLER
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- LANDMARKS IN ENGLISH AGRICULTURE
- CHAPTER I
- COMMUNISTIC FARMING.—GROWTH OF THE MANOR.—EARLY PRICES.—THE ORGANIZATION AND AGRICULTURE OF THE MANOR
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER II
- THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY.—THE MANOR AT ITS ZENITH, WITH SEEDS OF DECAY ALREADY VISIBLE.—WALTER OF HENLEY
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER III
- THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY.—DECLINE OF AGRICULTURE.—THE BLACK DEATH.— STATUTE OF LABOURERS
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER IV
- HOW THE CLASSES CONNECTED WITH THE LAND LIVED IN THE MIDDLE AGES
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER V
- THE BREAK-UP OF THE MANOR.—SPREAD OF LEASES.—THE PEASANTS' REVOLT.—FURTHER ATTEMPTS TO REGULATE WAGES.—A HARVEST HOME.— BEGINNING OF THE CORN LAWS.—SOME SURREY MANORS
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER VI
- 1400-1540 THE SO-CALLED 'GOLDEN AGE OF THE LABOURER' IN A PERIOD OF GENERAL DISTRESS
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER VII
- ENCLOSURE
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER VIII
- FITZHERBERT.—THE REGULATION OF HOURS AND WAGES
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER IX
- 1540-1600 PROGRESS AT LAST.—HOP-GROWING.—PROGRESS OF ENCLOSURE.—HARRISON'S 'DESCRIPTION'
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER X
- 1540-1600 LIVE STOCK.—FLAX.—SAFFRON.—THE POTATO. THE ASSESSMENT OF WAGES
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER XI
- 1600-1700 CLOVER AND TURNIPS.—GREAT RISE IN PRICES. MORE ENCLOSURE.—A FARMING CALENDAR
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER XII
- THE GREAT AGRICULTURAL WRITERS OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY.—FRUIT GROWING. A SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY ORCHARD
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER XIII
- THE EVILS OF COMMON FIELDS.—HOPS.—IMPLEMENTS.—MANURES.—GREGORY KING—CORN LAWS
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER XIV
- 1700-1765 GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.—CROPS.—CATTLE.— DAIRYING.—POULTRY.—TULL AND THE NEW HUSBANDRY.—BAD TIMES. —FRUIT-GROWING
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER XV
- 1700-1765 TOWNSHEND.—SHEEP-ROT.—CATTLE PLAGUE. FRUIT-GROWING
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER XVI
- 1765-1793 ARTHUR YOUNG.—CROPS AND THEIR COST.—THE LABOURERS' WAGES AND DIET.—THE PROSPERITY OF FARMERS.—THE COUNTRY SQUIRE.—ELKINGTON.—BAKEWELL.—THE ROADS.—COKE OF HOLKHAM.
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER XVII
- 1793-1815 THE GREAT FRENCH WAR.—THE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE.—HIGH PRICES, AND HEAVY TAXATION.
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER XVIII
- ENCLOSURE—THE SMALL OWNER
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER XIX
- 1816-1837 DEPRESSION
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER XX
- 1837-1875 REVIVAL OF AGRICULTURE.—THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.—CORN LAW REPEAL.—A TEMPORARY SET-BACK.—THE HALCYON DAYS
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER XXI
- 1875-1908 AGRICULTURAL DISTRESS AGAIN.—FOREIGN COMPETITION.—AGRICULTURAL HOLDINGS ACTS.—NEW IMPLEMENTS.—AGRICULTURAL COMMISSIONS.—THE SITUATION IN 1908
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER XXII
- IMPORTS AND EXPORTS.—LIVE STOCK
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER XXIII
- MODERN FARM LIVE STOCK
- FOOTNOTES:
- APPENDIX I
- AVERAGE PRICES FROM 1259 TO 1700[754]
- FOOTNOTES:
- APPENDIX II
- TABLE SHOWING EXPORTS AND IMPORTS OF WHEAT AND FLOUR FROM AND INTO ENGLAND, UNIMPORTANT YEARS OMITTED
- FOOTNOTES:
- APPENDIX III
- AVERAGE PRICES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER OF BRITISH CORN IN ENGLAND AND WALES, IN EACH YEAR FROM 1771 TO 1907 INCLUSIVE, ACCORDING TO THE RETURNS OF THE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE
- APPENDIX IV
- MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION
- FOOTNOTES:
- INDEX
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