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Harvesters and Harvesting 1840-1900 - A Study of the Rural Proletariat (Hardcover) Loot Price: R3,578
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Harvesters and Harvesting 1840-1900 - A Study of the Rural Proletariat (Hardcover): David Hoseason Morgan

Harvesters and Harvesting 1840-1900 - A Study of the Rural Proletariat (Hardcover)

David Hoseason Morgan

Series: Routledge Library Editions: Rural History

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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.

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Imprint: Routledge
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Rural History
Release date: July 2017
First published: 1982
Authors: David Hoseason Morgan
Dimensions: 234 x 156mm (L x W)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 222
ISBN-13: 978-1-138-74460-8
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Industrial history
Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Primary industries > Agriculture & related industries
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Industrial history
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
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LSN: 1-138-74460-3
Barcode: 9781138744608

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