Harvesters and Harvesting 1840-1900: A Study of the Rural Proletariat

ISBN-13: 9781138744608 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 222 str.

David Hoseason Morgan

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This book, first published in 1982, examines the technology, conditions and customs of the harvest and, through that, the life of the rural population of central England from the 1840s until the end of the century when hand tools finally gave way to mechanisation.

 

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Editor’s Note;  List of Abbreviations;  1. Low Farming to High  2. The Harvest Scene  3. Crops and Labour  4. Children’s Labour and Education  5. The Irish Harvesters  6. The Assessment of Harvest Earnings  7. Distribution and Methods of Harvest Payments  8. Social Discontent and Discord  9. Harvest Customs  10. Conclusion;  Appendices;  Glossary;  Bibliography;  Index

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David Hoseason Morgan