Apostles of Inequality : Rural Poverty, Political Economy, and the Economist, 1760-1860 /

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"Between 1760 and 1860, the English countryside was subject to constant attempts at agricultural improvement. Most often these meant depriving cottagers and rural workers of access to land they could cultivate, despite evidence that they were the most productive farmers in a country constantly...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Handy, Jim, 1952- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : University of Toronto Press, [2022]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Rural poor.
Rural conditions.
Economic history.
Agriculture and state.
HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General.
Politique agricole > Angleterre > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Politique agricole > Angleterre > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Pauvres en milieu rural > Angleterre > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Pauvres en milieu rural > Angleterre > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Agriculture and state > England > History > 19th century.
Agriculture and state > England > History > 18th century.
Rural poor > England > History > 19th century.
Rural poor > England > History > 18th century.
England.
Angleterre > Conditions rurales.
Angleterre > Conditions economiques > 19e siecle.
Angleterre > Conditions economiques > 18e siecle.
England > Rural conditions.
England > Economic conditions > 19th century.
England > Economic conditions > 18th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: The Multiplication of Wretchedness
  • "The Yoke of Improvement"
  • "The Enchantment of Property"
  • "A Rooted Hatred between the Rich and the Poor"
  • Political Economy and the Rural Poor
  • Nassau Senior and the New Poor Laws
  • The Economist: "The Most Elementary Truths"
  • Bad Farming: The Ghost of a Dead Monopoly
  • Ireland: "They Lie beyond the Pale"
  • Cooked Land, Cotton, and Slavery
  • Conclusion: "The Home-Civilization of the Rural English".

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