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Harvesters and Harvesting 1840-1900 David Hoseason Morgan

Harvesters and Harvesting 1840-1900 By David Hoseason Morgan

Harvesters and Harvesting 1840-1900 by 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.

Harvesters and Harvesting 1840-1900 Summary

Harvesters and Harvesting 1840-1900: A Study of the Rural Proletariat by David Hoseason Morgan

During the second half of the nineteenth century the enormous increase in agricultural production, unmatched by technical advance in harvesting, drew vast numbers of rural and migrant workers into the harvest that lasted from June to October.

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.

The economic framework of the period in agriculture is set out and there flows a detailed analysis of hand tools and work methods in the harvest. The population of harvesters, agricultural labourers and their entire families, townspeople and the gangs of migrant workers are studied, as are the crops they harvested.

About David Hoseason Morgan

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Table of Contents

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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NLS9781138744769
9781138744769
113874476X
Harvesters and Harvesting 1840-1900: A Study of the Rural Proletariat by David Hoseason Morgan
New
Paperback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
2019-01-08
226
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