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SOCIETY |
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Society was founded
in 1952, to
promote the study of agricultural
history and the history of the rural economy and society |
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publishes
the Agricultural History
Review |
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publishes
bibliographies, lists of
dissertations and
work in progress |
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hold
conferences |
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promotes
the
conservation of historically
significant
landscapes |
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Agricultural
History Review’s sixtieth anniversary essay competition
The Society and Agricultural History Review are delighted to announce
the winners of its essay competition. The judges have awarded the first
prize to Dr Johann P. Custodis (LSE)
for his essay on ‘Employing the enemy: the contribution of German
and Italian POW workers to British agriculture during and after the
Second World War’. The two second prizes have been awarded to Dr Jonathan Healey (St Catherine’s
College Oxford) for his essay on ‘The political culture of
the English Commons, c.1550-1650’ and Rebecca Woods (MIT) for her essay
on ‘Breed, culture and economy: The Australasian frozen mutton
trade, 1880-1910’.
The winning essays will appear in Volume 60 part two of the Review, to
be published in November 2012. Dr Custodis will present his paper at
the Spring Conference of the Society at Sparsholt, Winchester, in 2012.
We offer our thanks to all those who submitted essays. They reflected a
great diversity of interests and approaches and give further evidence,
should any be needed, of the vitality of our subject. We hope that a
number of the essays not awarded prizes will, in time, also appear in
the Review.
December 2011
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The Review:
Volume 59 part 2 has been delayed and will be distributed in
February 2012
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Rural History 2010 : an
international
conference dedicated
to rural economies and societies was held in
Brighton
in September 2010
with support from the Society.
For details of
papers and participants
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