Farming Industry
Published on 24. January 2020
112 pages
978-1-84468-993-4 (ISBN)
Description
Working with prestigious archives of contemporary photographs, the authors chart the history of Britain's farming heritage with 120 rarely seen photographs. Nearly eleven thousand years ago humans moved away from hunting and gathering and began to raise livestock and plant crops. Our nostalgia for the way the countryside had been is an enduring passion. Ultimately mechanization began to replace more traditional forms of farming, and the Industrial Revolution was drawing more and more people away from the fields. Photography emerged at a crucial time when farming tasks could be done with a speed and on a scale previously unimaginable. Farming history has been driven by experimentation, innovation, and invention. The 19th century was one of those times marked by such change. This book looks at that pivotal period in history after which the British countryside would never be the same.
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Farming Industry: Images of the Past
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Diane Canwell has written widely on historical subjects, in particular on military and aviation history, and has long been fascinated by the history of Norfolk and its military heritage. Among her many books are The RAF Air Sea Rescue Service 1918-1986, The Battle of Jutland and Air War Malta.
Content
- Intro
- Front Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Images of the Past: Farming Industry
- Introduction
- Chapter One: English Farming at the Turn of the Nineteenth Century
- Chapter Two: Scottish Farming at the Turn of the Nineteenth Century
- Chapter Three: Irish Farming in the Late Nineteeth Century
- Chapter Four: Welsh Farming in the Late Nineteeth Century
- Chapter Five: Farming in the 1930s
- Chapter Six: 1930s Rural England
