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Out of the Hay and into the Hops : Hop Cultivation in Wealden Kent and Hop Marketing in Southwark, 1744-2000.
Based on oral histories and farm books, this account offers a fascinating analysis of some 300 years of hop-cultivation history in the Weald of Kent, a rural area in the South of England, and in the Borough at Southwark, London. The diverse processes of hop agriculture are examined within the wider...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago :
University Of Hertfordshire Press,
2011.
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| Colección: | Studies in regional and local history.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Appendices; General Editor's preface; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction: ' ... into the hops'; Chapter 1: Land and location; Chapter 2: Fringe farms: the early days of hop cultivation; Chapter 3: Continuity and change: Combourne and Harper's Farms 1897-9; Chapter 4: The twentieth century: futures; Chapter 5: Hop factors and hop merchants: buying and selling hops in the Borough; Chapter 6: The last hurrah? Tithe commutation and the repeal of hop duty; Conclusion: gathering up and moving on; Appendices.