{"product_id":"2940014548663","title":"A Short History of English Agriculture","description":"This edition features\u003cbr\u003e • a linked Table of Contents and linked Footnotes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCONTENTS \u003cbr\u003eLANDMARKS IN ENGLISH AGRICULTURE\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003eCommunistic Farming. — Growth of the Manor. — Early Prices. — The Organization and Agriculture of the Manor\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER II\u003cbr\u003eThe Thirteenth Century. — The Manor at its Zenith, with Seeds of Decay already visible. — Walter of Henley\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER III\u003cbr\u003eThe Fourteenth Century. — Decline of Agriculture. — The Black Death. — Statute of Labourers\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER IV\u003cbr\u003eHow the Classes connected with the Land lived in the Middle Ages\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER V\u003cbr\u003eThe 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\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VI\u003cbr\u003e1400-1540. The so-called 'Golden Age of the Labourer' in a Period of General Distress\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VII\u003cbr\u003eEnclosure\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VIII\u003cbr\u003eFitzherbert. — The Regulation of Hours and Wages\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER IX\u003cbr\u003e1540-1600. Progress at last — Hop-growing. — Progress of Enclosure. — Harrison's Description\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER X\u003cbr\u003e1540-1600. Live Stock. — Flax. — Saffron. — The Potato. — The Assessment of Wages\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XI\u003cbr\u003e1600-1700. Clover and Turnips. — Great Rise in Prices. — More Enclosure. — A Farming Calendar\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XII\u003cbr\u003eThe Great Agricultural Writers of the Seventeenth Century. — Fruit-growing. — A Seventeenth-century Orchard\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XIII\u003cbr\u003eThe Evils of Common Fields. — Hops. — Implements. — Manures. — Gregory King. — Corn Laws\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XIV\u003cbr\u003e1700-65. General Characteristics of the Eighteenth Century. — Crops. — Cattle. — Dairying. — Poultry. — Tull and the New Husbandry. — Bad Times. — Fruit-growing\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XV\u003cbr\u003e1700-65. Townshend. — Sheep-rot. — Cattle Plague. — Fruit-growing\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XVI\u003cbr\u003e1765-93. 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\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XVII\u003cbr\u003e1793-1815. The Great French War. — The Board of Agriculture. — High Prices, and Heavy Taxation\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XVIII\u003cbr\u003eEnclosure. — The Small Owner\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XIX\u003cbr\u003e1816-37. Depression\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XX\u003cbr\u003e1837-75. Revival of Agriculture. — The Royal Agricultural Society. — Corn Law Repeal. — A Temporary Set-back. — The Halcyon Days\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XXI\u003cbr\u003e1875-1908. Agricultural Distress again. — Foreign Competition. — Agricultural Holdings Act. — New Implements. — Agricultural Commissions. — The Situation in 1908\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XXII\u003cbr\u003eImports and Exports. — Live Stock\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XXIII\u003cbr\u003eModern Farm Live Stock\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAPPENDICES\u003cbr\u003eI. Average Prices from 1259 to 1700\u003cbr\u003eII. Exports and Imports of Wheat and Flour from and into England, unimportant years omitted\u003cbr\u003eIII. Average Prices per Imperial Quarter of British Corn in England and Wales, in each year from 1771 to 1907 inclusive\u003cbr\u003eIV. Miscellaneous Information","brand":"VolumesOfValue","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47147746984176,"sku":"2940014548663","price":1.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014548663_p0.jpg?v=1763610754","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014548663","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}