Agricultural History Review, Volume 34 (1986)

Articles, Part 1

John Sheail, Nature Conservation and the Agricultural Historian, pp. 1–11

David Postles, The Perception of Profit before the Leasing of Demesnes, pp. 12–28

Christine Hallas, The Social and Economic Impact of a Rural Railway: the Wensleydale Line, pp. 29–44

Alan R. H. Baker, The Infancy of France's First Agricultural Syndicate: the Syndicat des Agriculteurs de Loir-et-Cher 1881-1914, pp. 45–59

Hilary P. M. Winchester, Agricultural Change and Population Movements in France, 1892-1929, pp. 60–78

M. Robinson, The Extent of Farm Underdrainage in England and Wales, prior to 1939, pp. 79–85

Articles, Part 2

Angus J. L. Winchester, The Distribution and Significance of 'Bordland' in Medieval Britain, pp. 129–139

T. A. Rowell, Sedge (Cladium mariscus) in Cambridgeshire: Its Use and Production since the Seventeenth Century, pp. 140–148

John R. Walton, Pedigree and the National Cattle circa 1750-1950, pp. 149–170

A. J. Marrison, The Tariff Commission, Agricultural Protection and Food Taxes, 1903-13, pp. 171–185

J. H. Porter, Tenant Right: Devonshire and the 1880 Ground Game Act, pp. 188–197

Reviews, Part 1

A. W. R. Whittle, Neolithic Europe: A Survey (1985), reviewed by Margaret R. Ehrenberg, p. 106

G. Barker, Prehistoric Farming in Europe (1985), reviewed by P. J. Fowler, p. 107

Josiah Ober, Fortress Attica: Defense of the Athenian Land Frontier 404-322 B.C. (1985), reviewed by Jeremy J. Paterson, p. 108

H. C. M. Keeley (ed.), Environmental Archaeology: A Regional Review (1984), reviewed by Lawrence Butler, p. 109

A. Fenton, The Shape of the Past (1985), reviewed by Ian D. Whyte, p. 109

S. A. Knox, The Making of the Shetland Landscape (1985), reviewed by R. A. Dodgshon, p. 110

Keith A. Davies, Landowners in Colonial Peru (1985), reviewed by Norris Nash, p. 111

G. C. Baugh (ed.), Victoria History of Shropshire, Vol XI, Telford (1985), reviewed by Richard Perren, p. 111

Lindsey Charles and Lorna Duffin (eds), Women and Work in Pre-Industrial England (1985), reviewed by Lorna Weatherill, p. 112

K. D. M. Snell, Annals of the Labouring Poor: Social Change and Agrarian England 1660-1900 (1985), reviewed by J. V. Beckett, p. 113

Thomas C. Hubka, Big House, Little House, Back House, Barn (1984), reviewed by R. W. Brunskill, p. 115

J. L. Van Zanden, De economische ontwikkeling van de Nederlandse landbouw in de negentiende eeuw, 1800-1914, A. A. G. Bijdragen, 25 (1985), reviewed by David Ormrod, p. 115

Donald Harman Akenson, Being Had: Historians, Evidence, and the Irish in North America (1985), reviewed by Cormac Ó. Gráda, p. 116

R. Price, The Modernization of Rural France: Communications Networks and Agricultural Market Structures in Nineteenth-Century France (1983), reviewed by Patrick Chorley, p. 116

N. J. G. Pounds, An Historical Geography of Europe 1800-1914 (1985), reviewed by Michael J. Heffernan, p. 118

D. J. Oddy and D. S. Miller (eds), Diet and Health in Modern Britain (1985), reviewed by Peter Dewey, p. 120

B. A. Holderness, British Agriculture since 1945 (1985), reviewed by P. E. Dewey, p. 121

N. Swain, Collective Farms Which Work? (1985), reviewed by Hugo Radice, p. 122

Christopher John Baker, An Indian Rural Economy 1880-1955: The Tamilnad Countryside (1984), reviewed by John Langdon, p. 123

Masie Brown, The Market Gardens of Barnes and Mortlake (1985), reviewed by Malcolm Thick, p. 124

Nick Lyons, Small Houses since 1750 in North-West Lincolnshire (1985), reviewed by R. W. Brunskill, p. 124

Robin Hill, Shropshire Sheep, a History (1984), reviewed by M. L. Ryder, p. 124

Reviews, Part 2

N. Higham, The Northern Counties to AD 1000 (1986), reviewed by Pauline Stafford, p. 206

Kathleen Biddick (ed.), Archaeological Approaches to Medieval Europe (1984), reviewed by G. A. Loud, p. 206

J. R. Baldwin and I. D. Whyte (eds), The Scandinavians in Cumbria (1985), reviewed by Pauline Stafford, p. 207

G. Platts, Land and People in Medieval Lincolnshire (1985), reviewed by R. H. Britnell, p. 208

R. H. Britnell, Growth and Decline in Colchester, 1300–1525, CUP, 1986 (1986), reviewed by Christopher Dyer, p. 208

Ellen Wedemeyer Moore, The Fairs of Medieval England: An Introductory Study (1985), reviewed by R. H. Britnell, p. 209

M. W. Beresford, Time and Place: Collected Essays (1985), reviewed by David Hey, p. 210

A. Everitt, Landscape and Community in England (1985), reviewed by John Whyman, p. 211

Donald Woodward (ed.), The Farming and Memorandum Books of Henry Best of Elmswell, 1642 (1984), reviewed by J. A. Chartres, p. 212

David W. Sabean, Power in the Blood. Popular Culture and Village Discourse in Early Modern Germany (1984), reviewed by Joan Thirsk, p. 213

Norma Landau, The Justices of the Peace, 1679–1760 (1984), reviewed by J. A. Chartres, p. 213

Julian Wiseman, A History of the British Pig (1986), reviewed by Paul Brassley, p. 214

L. A. Clarkson, Proto-Industrialization: The First Phase of Industrialization? (1985), reviewed by Katrina Honeyman, p. 214

D. Fitzpatrick, Studies in Irish Economic and Social History: I, Irish Emigration 1801-1921 (Economic and Social History Soc. of Ireland, 1984); W. E. Vaughan, Landlords and Tenants 1848-1904 (Economic and Social History Soc. of Ireland, 1984); Sean Connolly, Religion and Society in Nineteenth-Century Ireland, 1985 (Economic and Social History Soc. of Ireland, 1985); David Johnson, The Interwar Economy in Ireland, 1985 (Economic and Social History Soc. of Ireland, 1985), reviewed by Ron Weir, p. 215

Richard J. Evans and W. R. Lee (eds), The German Peasantry (1986), reviewed by John Perkins, p. 217

Eric Richards, A History of the Highland Clearances, Volume 2: Emigration, Protest, Reasons (1985), reviewed by Malcolm Gray, p. 218

Nick Lyons (ed.), The Farmworker in North-West Lincolnshire (1984), reviewed by W. A. Armstrong, p. 219

Jonathan Brown, The English Market Town (1986), reviewed by Stephen Porter, p. 220

Celia Miller (ed.), The Account Books of Thomas Smith, Ireley Farm, Hailes, Gloucestershire 1863-71 (1985), reviewed by Pamela Horn, p. 220

L. Richmond and B. Stockford, Company Archives: The Survey of the Records of 1000 of the First Registered Companies in England and Wales (1986), reviewed by Ron Weir, p. 221

Richard G. Wilson, Greene King: A Business & Family History (1983), reviewed by J. A. Chartres, p. 222

A. Fenton, The Shape of the past, 2: Essays in Scottish Ethnology (1986), reviewed by Robert A. Dodgshon, p. 222

Iván Balassa and Gyula Ortutay, Hungarian Ethnography and Folklore, pref., Alexander Fenton (1984), reviewed by Trefor M. Owen, p. 223

Harry W. Paul, From Knowledge to Power: The Rise of the Science Empire in France, 1860–1939 (1985), reviewed by Roger Price, p. 224

K. Herrmann, Ackergiganten (1985), reviewed by John Perkins, p. 225

D. H. Akenson (ed.), Canadian Papers in Rural History (1986), reviewed by G. E. Mingay, p. 225

G. Avella-Widhalm et al. (eds), Lexikon des Mittelalters (1984-5), reviewed by D. J. Davis, p. 227

John Weller, Grangia & Orreum. The Mediaeval Barn. A Nomenclature (1986), reviewed by Nigel Harvey, p. 227

W. G. Hoskins and David Hey, Local History in England (3rd edn, 1984), reviewed by J. A. Chartres, p. 227

R. A. Donkin, The Peccary — With Observations on the Introduction of Pigs to the New World (1985), reviewed by Murdo J. Macleod, p. 227

David Pam, The Story of Enfield Chase (1984), reviewed by J. A. Chartres, p. 228

J. D. Marshall, The Old Poor Law 1795–1834 (1985), reviewed by Anne Digby, p. 228

Celia Miller (ed.), Rain and Ruin: The Diary of an Oxfordshire Farmer, John Simpson Calvertt, 1875–1900 (1983), reviewed by J. A. Chartres, p. 229

Eileen Elder, Lincolnshire Country Food (1985), reviewed by Anne Digby, p. 229

Olive Sharkey, Old Days and Old Ways: An Illustrated Folk History of Ireland (1986), reviewed by John Gall, p. 229

Elsa Morrow, A History of Swanley Horticultural College (1984), reviewed by Malcolm Thick, p. 230

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