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The archaeology of improvement in Britain, 1750-1850 /

In this innovative 2007 study, Sarah Tarlow shows how the archaeology of this period manifests a widespread and cross-cutting ethic of improvement. Theoretically informed and drawn from primary and secondary sources in a range of disciplines, the author considers agriculture and the rural environmen...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Tarlow, Sarah, 1967-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Colección:Cambridge studies in archaeology.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Agricultural improvement
  • The improved rural landscape
  • Towns and civic improvement
  • Improving the people
  • The right stuff
  • Final thoughts.