Agricultural History Review, Volume 46 (1998)

Articles, Part 1

Susan Scott, S. R. Duncan, and C. J. Duncan, The origins, interactions and causes of the cycles in grain prices in England, 1450-1812,, pp. 1–14

Elizabeth Griffiths, Sir Henry Hobart: a new hero of Norfolk agriculture?, pp. 15–34

P. S. Barnwell, An extra dimension? Lincolnshire farm buildings as historical evidence, pp. 35–46

David Smith, The Agricultural Research Association, the Development Fund, and the origins of the Rowett Research Institute, pp. 47–63

John Bowers, Inter-war land drainage and policy in England and Wales, pp. 64–80

Gillian Bristow, Measuring regional variation in farm support: Wales and the UK, 1947-72, pp. 81–98

Articles, Part 2

Susanna Wade Martins and Tom Williamson, The development of the lease and its role in agricultural improvement in East Anglia, 1660-1870, pp. 127–141

Michael Turner, Counting sheep: waking up to new estimates of livestock numbers in England c.1800, pp. 142–161

Alastair Pearson and Peter Collier, The integration and analysis of historical and environmental data using a Geographical Information System: landownership and agricultural productivity in Pembrokeshire c.1850, pp. 162–176

R J Moore-Colyer, Farming in depression: Wales between the wars, 1919-39, pp. 177–196

Philip Conford, A forum for organic husbandry: the New English Weekly and agricultural policy, 1939-49, pp. 197–210

Reviews, Part 1

E. A. Wrigley, R. S. Davies, J. E. Oeppen and R. S. Schofield (eds), English Population History from Family Reconstitution, 1580-1837 (1997), reviewed by David Hey, p. 112

Bruce A. Bailey (ed.), Northamptonshire in the Early Eighteenth Century: The Drawings of Peter Tillemans and Others (Northants. Rec. Soc., 1996), reviewed by Trevor Brighton, p. 113

Tom Barry and Douglas Hall, Spottiswoode: Life and Labour on a Berwickshire Estate 1753-1793 (1997), reviewed by G. E. Mingay, p. 113

A. F. J. Brown, Prosperity and Poverty: Rural Essex, 1700-1815 (1996), reviewed by G. E. Mingay, p. 114

Rafael Domínguez Martín, El campesino adaptivo: campesinos y mercados en el norte de España, 1750-1880 (1996); Iñaki Iriarte Goñi, Bienes comunales y capitalismo agrario en Navarra, 1855-1935 (1997), reviewed by Joseph Harrison, p. 115

A. D. M. Phillips (ed.), The Staffordshire Reports of Andrew Thompson to the Inclosure Commissioners, 1858-68: Landlord Investment in Staffordshire Agriculture in the Mid-Nineteenth Century (1996), reviewed by John Chapman, p. 115

Ewen A. Cameron, Land for the People? The British Government and the Scottish Highlands, c 1880-1925 (1996), reviewed by Douglas Grant Lockhart, p. 116

Hugh Clout, After the Ruins: Restoring the Countryside of Northern France after the Great War (1996), reviewed by Peter Dewey, p. 118

Peter Dewey, War and Progress: Britain 1914-1945 (1997), reviewed by Richard Perren, p. 119

Peter Mandler, The Fall and Rise of the Stately Home (1997), reviewed by J. V. Beckett, p. 120

Gordon E. Cherry and Alan Rogers, Rural Change and Planning: England and Wales in the Twentieth Century (1996), reviewed by Peter Dewey, p. 121

Mauro Ambrosoli, The Wild and the Sown: Botany and Agriculture in Western Europe, 1350-1850 (1997), reviewed by Donald Woodward, p. 122

F. Mountford, Heartbreak Farm: A Farmer and His Farm in Wartime (1997), reviewed by Stephen Caunce, p. 122

John Cannon (ed.), The Oxford Companion to British History (1997); Jack Simmons, Gordon Biddle, The Oxford Companion to British Railway History (1997), reviewed by David Hey, p. 122

Thelma Munckton, Chancellors Farm Accounts, 1766-1767 (1994), review, p. 123

James S. Tallett, Farm Diary: A Daily Record of Work on a Buckinghamshire Farm, 1879-1883 (1996), review, p. 123

Brenda J. Buchanan (ed.), Bath History, VI (1996), review, p. 123

Reviews, Part 2

Zvi Razi and Richard Smith (eds), Medieval Society and the Manor Court (1996), reviewed by R. W. Hoyle, p. 217

Joan Thirsk, Alternative Agriculture: A History from the Black Death to the Present Day (1997), reviewed by G. E. Mingay, p. 220

L. T. Evans, Crop Evolution, Adaptation and Yield (1996), reviewed by John R. Walton, p. 223

Della Hooke (ed.), Pre-Conquest Charter-Bounds of Devon and Cornwall (1994), reviewed by M. J. Swanton, p. 223

Carla Rahn Phillips and William D. Phillips, Jr., Spain's Golden Fleece: Wool Production and the Wool Trade from the Middle Ages to the Nineteenth Century (1997), reviewed by Michael Havinden, p. 225

Peter Wyatt and Robin Stanes (eds), Uffculme: A Peculiar Parish. A Devon Town from Tudor Times (1997), reviewed by Michael Havinden, p. 226

Susan Neave and Stephen Ellis (eds), An Historical Atlas of East Yorkshire (1996), reviewed by David Dymond, p. 226

John Broad and Richard Hoyle (eds), Bernwood: The Life and Afterlife of a Forest (1997), reviewed by David Crossley, p. 227

Maryanne Kowaleski, Local Markets and Regional Trade in Medieval Exeter (1995), reviewed by Harold Fox, p. 228

Del Sweeney (ed.), Agriculture in the Middle Ages: Technology, Practice and Representation (1995), reviewed by Mark Bailey, p. 229

Philip T. Hoffman, Growth in a Traditional Society. The French Countryside, 1430–1813 (1996), reviewed by Joan Thirsk, p. 230

Anne Tarver, Church Court Records: An Introduction for Family and Local Historians (1995), reviewed by David Marcombe, p. 230

Alexander Fenton, The Northern Isles: Orkney and Shetland (1978, repr., 1997), reviewed by Andrew Blaikie, p. 232

M. E. Turner, J. V. Beckett and B. Afton, Agricultural Rent in England, 1690–1914 (1997), reviewed by F. M. L. Thompson, p. 233

Peter Mathias and John A. Davis (eds), International Trade and Economic Growth: From the Eighteenth Century to the Present Day (1996), reviewed by Michael Turner, p. 235

Dennis Mills and Kevin Schurer (eds), Local Communities in the Victorian Census Enumerators' Books (1996), reviewed by Brian Short, p. 235

Ian Carter, Farm Life in Northeast Scotland, 1840–1914 (1979, repr., 1997), reviewed by Richard Perren, p. 236

Richard Anthony, Herds and Hinds: Farm Labour in Lowland Scotland, 1900–1939 (1997), reviewed by Richard Perren, p. 236

William H. Brock, Justus von Liebig: The Chemical Gatekeeper (1997), reviewed by Paul Brassley, p. 238

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