| The Allotment Movement in England, 1793-1873 Contributor(s): Burchardt, Jeremy (Author) |
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ISBN: 1843836432 ISBN-13: 9781843836438 Publisher: Boydell Press OUR PRICE: $35.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - History | Social History - History | Modern - 19th Century |
| Dewey: 333.335 |
| Series: Royal Historical Society Studies in History New |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.93 lbs) 300 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 with the mainstream values of respectable mid-Victorian England, and casts new light on central aspects of early and mid-nineteenth-century social and economic history, agriculture and rural society. JEREMY BURCHARDT is lecturer in Rural History, University of Reading. |
Contributor Bio(s): Burchardt, Jeremy: - Dr Jeremy Burchardt is Lecturer in Rural History at the University of Reading. |
