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Agricultural History Review, Volume 44 (1996)

Articles, Part 1
Articles, Part 2
Reviews, Part 1
D. A. Crowley (ed.), The Victoria History of the Counties of England: A History of Wiltshire, XV (1995), reviewed by J. H. Bettey, p. 104
Ann Hagen, A Handbook of Anglo-Saxon Food: Processing and Consumption (1993); Ann Hagen, A Second Handbook of Anglo-Saxon Food and Drink: Production and Distribution (1995), reviewed by G. A. Lester, p. 104
Michael Aston and Carenza Lewis (eds), The Medieval Landscape of Wessex (1994), reviewed by J. H. Bettey, p. 105
Sarah Pearson, The Medieval Houses of Kent. An Historical Analysis (HMSO, 1994); P. S. Barnwell, A. T. Adams, The House Within (HMSO, 1994); Sarah Pearson, P. S. Barnwell, A. T. Adams, A Gazetteer of Medieval Houses in Kent (HMSO, 1994), reviewed by David Crossley, p. 106
Cord Oestmann, Lordship and Community: The Lestrange Family and the Village of Hunstanton, Norfolk, in the First Half of the Sixteenth Century (1994), reviewed by Jane Whittle, p. 107
Mauro Pitteri, Mestrina: proprietá, conduzione, colture nella prima metà del secolo XVI (1994); Anna Bellavitis, Noale: struttura sociale e regime fondiario di una podesteria della prima metà del secolo XVI (1994); Anna Pizzati, Conegliano: una 'quasi città' e il suo territorio nel secolo XVI (1995); Maria Teresa Todesco, Oderzo e Motta: paesaggio agrario, proprietà e conduzione di due podesterie nella prima metà del secolo XVI (1994); Giuliano Galletti, Bocche e biade: popolazione e famiglie nelle campagne trevigiane dei secoli XV e XVI, reviewed by Richard Britnell, p. 108
Francis Brumont, Paysans de Vieille-Castille aux XVIe et XVIIe Siècles (1994), reviewed by Joan Thirsk, p. 109
Xavier De Planhol, An Historical Geography of France (1994), reviewed by Brian Short, p. 110
Louise Dechêne, Habitants and Merchants in Seventeenth-Century Montreal (1993), reviewed by Angus Mcinnes, p. 111
Margaret Spufford (ed.), The World of Rural Dissenters, 1520–1725 (1995), reviewed by David Hey, p. 112
T. M. Devine, The Transformation of Rural Scotland. Social Change and the Agrarian Economy, 1660–1815 (1994), reviewed by Robert A. Dodgshon, p. 113
John Habakkuk, Marriage, Debt and the Estate System: English Landownership 1650–1950 (1994); F. M. L. Thompson (ed.), Landowners, Capitalists, and Entrepreneurs: Essays for Sir John Habakkuk (1994), reviewed by Barbara English, p. 114
G. E. Mingay, Land and Society in England, 1750–1980 (1994), reviewed by J. R. Wordie, p. 116
David B. Danbom, Born in the Country. A History of Rural America (1995), reviewed by Joanna Bourke, p. 117
Sally McMurry, Transforming Rural Life: Dairying Families and Agricultural Change 1820–1883 (1995); Mary Neth, Preserving the Family Farm: Women, Community and the Foundations of Agribusiness in the Midwest, 1900–1940 (1995), reviewed by G. E. Mingay, p. 118
James R. Lehning, Peasant and French. Cultural Contact in Rural France during the Nineteenth Century (1995), reviewed by Hugh Clout, p. 119
Karen Sayer, Women of the Fields. Representations of Rural Women in the Nineteenth Century (1995), reviewed by Joanna Bourke, p. 120
Roderick Floud and Donald McCloskey (eds), The Economic History of Britain since 1700 (Sec. edn, 3 vols, 1994), reviewed by Pat Hudson, p. 121
Tim Rooth, British Protectionism and the International Economy (1992), reviewed by Keith Tribe, p. 123
Susanna Wade Martins, Farms and Fields (1995), reviewed by Richard Perren, p. 124
G. K. Nelson, Over the Farmyard Gate: Country Life in the 1930s (1995), reviewed by S. A. Caunce, p. 124
Edward Hart, Heavy Horses: An Anthology (1994), reviewed by S. A. Caunce, p. 125
R. A. Otter (ed.), Civil Engineering Heritage: Southern England (1994); E. A. Labrum, Civil Engineering Heritage: Eastern and Central England, reviewed by Gavin Bowie, p. 125
Lyndon R. Shearman, Portable Steam Engines (1995), reviewed by Peter Dewey, p. 126
Reviews, Part 2
Jack R. Harlan, The Living Fields. Our Agricultural Heritage (1995), reviewed by John Sheail, p. 230
Bruce D. Smith, The Emergence of Agriculture (1994), reviewed by Mark Pluciennik, p. 230
H. H. Lamb, Climate, History and the Modern World (1995), reviewed by P. A. Smithson, p. 232
Nicholas Johnson and Peter Rose, Bodmin Moor: An Archaeological Survey. Volume 1: The Human Landscape to c1800, ed., Desmond Bonney (1994), reviewed by John Barnatt, p. 233
Werner Rösener, The Peasantry of Europe (1994), reviewed by Joan Thirsk, p. 234
R. H. Britnell and B. M. S. Campbell (eds), A Commercialising Economy: England 1086—c1300 (1995), reviewed by Edmund King, p. 235
John Goodacre, The Transformation of a Peasant Economy. Townspeople and Villagers in the Lutterworth Area, 1500-1700 (1994), reviewed by Joan Thirsk, p. 236
Thorkild Kjaergaard, The Danish Revolution, 1500—1800: An Ecohistorical Interpretation (1994), reviewed by John Chapman, p. 238
Laurence Wiedmer, Pain quotidien et Pain de Disette. Meuniers, Boulangers, et Etat Nourricier à Genève (XVIIe-XVIIIe Siècles) (1993), reviewed by Joan Thirsk, p. 238
Pierre de Saint Jacob, Les Paysans de la Bourgogne du Nord an dernier Siècle de l'Ancien Régime (1995), reviewed by Hugh Clout, p. 239
Penelope J. Corfield, Power and the Professions in Britain, 1700-1850 (1995), reviewed by J. V. Beckett, p. 240
Angus J. L. Winchester (ed.), The Diary of Isaac Fletcher of Underwood, Cumberland, 1756-1781 (Cumb. and Westm. Antiquarian and Archaeological Soc. Extra Ser. XXVII, 1994), reviewed by Alan Everitt, p. 241
Arthur L. Stinchcombe, Sugar Island Slavery in the Age of Enlightenment: The Political Economy of the Caribbean World (1995), reviewed by A. J. H. Latham, p. 242
Roger J. P. Kain and Richard R. Oliver, The Tithe Maps of England and Wales: A Cartographic Analysis and County-by-County Catalogue (1995), reviewed by Brian Short, p. 243
Göran Hoppe, John Langton, Peasantry to Capitalism: Western Östergötland in the Nineteenth Century (1994), reviewed by Michael Turner, p. 243
David Fitzpatrick, Oceans of Consolation. Personal Accounts of Irish Migration to Australia (1994), reviewed by Joanna Bourke, p. 244
Gilbert Schrank, An Orkney Estate: Improvements at Graemeshall 1827-1888 (1996), reviewed by D. G. Lockhart, p. 245
Richard Perren, Agriculture in Depression, 1870-1940 (1995), reviewed by Michael Turner, p. 247
M. A. Havinden and E. J. T. Collins, Agriculture in the Industrial State (1995), reviewed by Richard Perren, p. 247
Kenneth Blaxter and Noel Robertson, From Dearth to Plenty: The Modern Revolution in Food Production (1995), reviewed by Paul Brassley, p. 248
Ricardo Robledo, Economistas y reformadores españoles: la cuestión agraria, 1760—1935 (n.d.); Alberte Martínez López, Cooperativismo y transformaciones agrarias en Galicia, 1886—1943 (1995), reviewed by Joseph Harrison, p. 249
Peter Michelsen, Vand Til Tørstig Jord (1995), reviewed by W. R. Mead, p. 249

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