Agriculture And Politics In England 1815 1939
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Agriculture and Politics in England 1815 1939
Author | : J. Wordie |
Publsiher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 2000-07-10 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780230514775 |
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This book traces the decline of landed power in England between 1815 and 1939, primarily in political, but also in economic and social terms. The essays, by leading authors in the field, examine different aspects of the decline of landed power.
The Agrarian History of England and Wales Volume 8 1914 1939
Author | : Edith H. Whetham,Joan Thirsk |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 384 |
Release | : 1978-05-18 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0521217806 |
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Volume VIII of the Agrarian History of England and Wales was first published in 1978, and provides a technical, social and economic history of rural England and Wales in the years 1914-39. This period included four years of war, during which there was a rapid rise in prices, the post-war deflation and the depression. The author assesses the effects of these political and economic conditions on farming and farm workers. She describes regional variations in patterns of farming and the changes in methods of production by which farmers tried to reduce costs and increase output. She also examines the extension of government control over farming and the introduction of the marketing boards, and discusses the development of agricultural technology. Above all, she describes considers the conditions of life for the diminishing numbers of farm workers.
Food for War
Author | : Alan F. Wilt |
Publsiher | : OUP Oxford |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2001-09-20 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780191543340 |
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Food for War is a ground-breaking study of Britain's food and agricultural preparations in the 1930s as the nation once again made ready for war. Historians writing about 1930s Britain have usually focused on the Depression, appeasement, or political, military, and industrial concerns. None have dealt adequately with another significant topic, food and agriculture, as the nation moved, albeit reluctantly, from peace to war. In this new account Alan F. Wilt makes right this omission by examining in depth the relationship between food, agriculture, and the nation's preparations for war. He reveals how food and agriculture became closely linked to rearmament as early as 1936; that the government's preparations in this sector, as contrasted with other areas of the economy, were relatively well-developed when war broke out in 1936; and that rural and farm interests well understood the effect that war would have on their way of life. He argues that food and agriculture need to be integrated into the more general historical discourse, for what happened in Britain in the 1930s not only set the stage for World War II, but also contributed to a more robust agriculture in the decades that followed.
A Companion to Early Twentieth Century Britain
Author | : Chris Wrigley |
Publsiher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 608 |
Release | : 2008-04-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780470998816 |
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This Companion brings together 32 new essays by leading historians to provide a reassessment of British history in the early twentieth century. The contributors present lucid introductions to the literature and debates on major aspects of the political, social and economic history of Britain between 1900 and 1939. Examines controversial issues over the social impact of the First World War, especially on women Provides substantial coverage of changes in Wales, Scotland and Ireland as well as in England Includes a substantial bibliography, which will be a valuable guide to secondary sources
Governing Post War Britain
Author | : Glen O'Hara |
Publsiher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 309 |
Release | : 2012-04-11 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780230361270 |
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Glen O'Hara draws a compelling picture of Second World War Britain by investigating relations between people and government: the electorate's rising expectations and demands for universally-available social services, the increasing complexity of the new solutions to these needs, and mounting frustration with both among both governors and governed.
The Society for the Oversea Settlement of British Women 1919 1964
Author | : Bonnie White |
Publsiher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 222 |
Release | : 2019-03-18 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9783030133481 |
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This book examines the British government’s response to the ‘superfluous women problem', and concerns about post-war unemployment more generally, by creating a migration society that was tasked with reducing the number of single women at home through overseas migration. The Society for the Oversea Settlement of British Women (SOSBW) was created in 1919 to facilitate the transportation of female migrants to the former white settler colonies. To do so, the SOSBW worked with various domestic and dominion groups to find the most suitable women for migration, while also meeting the dominions’ demands for specific types of workers, particularly women for work in domestic service. While the Society initially aimed to meet its original mandate, it gradually developed its own vision of empire settlement and refocused its efforts on aiding the migration of educated and trained women who were looking for new, modern, and professional work opportunities abroad.
The Allotment Movement in England 1793 1873
Author | : Jeremy Burchardt |
Publsiher | : Boydell & Brewer |
Total Pages | : 302 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780861932566 |
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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 the chronology of the movement and on the number, geographical distribution, size, rents, cultivation yields and effect on living standards of allotments, showing how the movement brought the culture of the rural labouring poor more closely into line with the mainstream values of respectable mid-Victorian England. This book 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.
The Battle of the Fields
Author | : Brian Short |
Publsiher | : Boydell & Brewer Ltd |
Total Pages | : 482 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781843839378 |
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This book will appeal not only to historians and geographers, but to many who maintain a deep interest in the British countryside and its past, and to those who continue to share a fascination for the Second World War, in particular the 'home front'.