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Author : Yves Segers
Release : 2022-06-14
Genre : Agricultural innovations
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Book Rating : 122/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Agricultural Knowledge Networks in Rural Europe, 1700-2000 by : Yves Segers
Download or read book Agricultural Knowledge Networks in Rural Europe, 1700-2000 written by Yves Segers. This book was released on 2022-06-14. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An examination of how farming expertise could be shared and extended, over four centuries.
Author : Harriet Cornell
Release : 2024-04-23
Genre : Business & Economics
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Book Rating : 489/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Agriculture, Economy and Society in Early Modern Scotland by : Harriet Cornell
Download or read book Agriculture, Economy and Society in Early Modern Scotland written by Harriet Cornell. This book was released on 2024-04-23. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Showcases the latest research on Scotland's rural economy and society. Early modern Scotland was predominantly rural. Agriculture was the main occupation of most people at the time, so what happened in the countryside was crucial: economically, socially and culturally. The essays collected here focus on the years between around 1500 and 1750. This period, although before the main era of agricultural "improvement" in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, was nevertheless far from static in terms of agrarian development. Specific topics addressed include everyday farming practices; investment; landlords, tenants and estate management; and the cultural context within which agriculture was "imagined". The disastrous famine of 1622-23 is analysed in detail. The volume is completed by a comprehensive survey of recent historiography, setting agricultural history in its broader context.
Author : Martino Lorenzo Fagnani
Release : 2023-04-29
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 576/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Development of Agricultural Science in Northern Italy in the Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Century by : Martino Lorenzo Fagnani
Download or read book The Development of Agricultural Science in Northern Italy in the Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Century written by Martino Lorenzo Fagnani. This book was released on 2023-04-29. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The late eighteenth century and subsequent Napoleonic Era witnessed a turning point in the establishment of agricultural science as a well-defined discipline in northern Italy. In this book, Martino Lorenzo Fagnani traces these developments by reviewing the correspondence of naturalists and agriculturists as well as the research plans of universities, academies, societies, institutes, and governments. He explores the establishment of a broad knowledge network encompassing all of Europe while also investigating the reasons behind the exchange of seeds, the establishment of spaces for experimentation such as scientific gardens and experimental fields, and the organization of specialized journals and monographs. This work represents an important contribution to the historiography of Italian agricultural science, filling a significant gap in our knowledge of related developments.
Author : John Bulaitis
Release : 2024-06-04
Genre : Business & Economics
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Book Rating : 876/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Tithe War in England and Wales, 1881-1936 by : John Bulaitis
Download or read book The Tithe War in England and Wales, 1881-1936 written by John Bulaitis. This book was released on 2024-06-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brings to life a fascinating page of history in a scholarly but highly readable account of the "tithe war". During the 1930s, farming communities waged a campaign of "passive resistance" against Tithe Rentcharge, the modern version of medieval tithe. Led by the National Tithepayers' Association, farmers refused to pay the charge, disrupted auctions of seized stock and joined demonstrations to prevent action by bailiffs. The National Government condemned their "unconstitutional action", ruled out changes in the law and mobilised police to support the titheowners. Meanwhile, the Church of England and lay titheowners - including Oxford and Cambridge colleges, public schools and major landowners - sought to vindicate their right to tithe; in a particularly shameful episode, the Church established a secret company to buy taken produce and remove it from farms. This "tithe war" was fought outside farms, in the courts, in the press and in the wider arena of public opinion. It posed problems for the Church, legal system, and every political party; split the National Farmers' Union; and provided opportunities for the British Union of Fascists and other sections of the extreme right to cause disturbance. Drawing on extensive archival research, accounts in local newspapers, and private papers, John Bulaitis traces the evolution of what has been described as this "curious rural revolt", from the late nineteenth century to its climax in 1936, when the Tithe Act brought an end to this form of tax.
Author : Jeannie Whayne
Release : 2024-02-08
Genre : Business & Economics
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Book Rating : 160/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Oxford Handbook of Agricultural History by : Jeannie Whayne
Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Agricultural History written by Jeannie Whayne. This book was released on 2024-02-08. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Agricultural history has enjoyed a rebirth in recent years, in part because the agricultural enterprise promotes economic and cultural connections in an era that has become ever more globally focused, but also because of agriculture's potential to lead to conflicts over precious resources. The Oxford Handbook of Agricultural History reflects this rebirth and examines the wide-reaching implications of agricultural issues, featuring essays that touch on the green revolution, the development of the Atlantic slave plantation, the agricultural impact of the American Civil War, the rise of scientific and corporate agriculture, and modern exploitation of agricultural labor.
