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Agricultural History Review, Volume 52 (2004)

Articles, Part 1
Articles, Part 2
Reviews, Part 1
William P.l. Thomson, The new history of Orkney (Mercat Press, sec. edn, 2001), reviewed by Barbara E. Crawford, p. 109
Phillipp R. Schofield, Peasant and community in medieval England, 1200–1500 (Palgrave Macmillan, 2003), reviewed by Richard Britnell, p. 110
Samantha Letters, Mario Fernandes, Derek Keene and Olwen Myhill, Gazetteer of markets and fairs in England and Wales to 1516 (List and Index Society, Special Series 32 and 33, 2003), reviewed by James Masschaele, p. 111
Ian D. Whyte, Landscape and history since 1500 (Reaktion Books, 2002), reviewed by Tom Williamson, p. 112
W. R. Mead, Pehr Kalm. A Finnish visitor to the Chilterns in 1748 (The author, 2003), reviewed by Michael Turner, p. 112
Ian Whyte, Transforming fell and valley. Landscape andparliamentary enclosure in north-west England (University of Lancaster, Centre for North West Regional Studies, 2003), reviewed by Michael Turner, p. 113
Rex Russell, From cock-fighting to chapel building. Changes in popular culture in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Lincolnshire (Sleaford: Heritage Trust of Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire Archaeology and Heritage Reports Series, 6, 2002), reviewed by Nicola Verdon, p. 114
Jeremy Burchardt, The allotment movement in England, 1793–1873 (Royal Historical Society/Boydell, 2002), reviewed by Malcolm Chase, p. 114
Adriaan Verhulst, The Carolingian economy (CUP, 2002), reviewed by Richard Hodges, p. 116
Peter Jones, Liberty and locality in revolutionary France. Six villages compared, 1760–1820 (CUP, 2003), reviewed by Robert M. Schwartz, p. 117
William Gervase Clarence-Smith, Cocoa and chocolate, 1765–1914 (Routledge, 2000), reviewed by James Walvin, p. 118
Roger G. Kennedy, Mr Jefferson’s lost cause. Land, farmers, slavery, and the Louisiana Purchase (OUP, 2003), reviewed by Lisi Krall, p. 119
Margaret E. Derry, Bred for perfection. Shorthorn cattle, Collies, and Arabian horses since 1800 (Johns Hopkins UP, 2003), reviewed by R. J. Moore-Colyer, p. 120
Rita Aldenhoff-Hübinger, Agrarpolitik und protektionismus. Deutschland und Frankreich im Vergleich, 1879–1914 (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, 2002), reviewed by John Perkins, p. 121
Reviews, Part 2
Ian Armitt, Eileen Murphy, Eiméar Nellis Derek Simpson (eds), Neolithic settlement in Ireland and western Britain (Oxbow Books, 2003), reviewed by Alasdair Whittle, p. 207
R. E. Hardstaff, Norman Southwell. Food, fuel and farming, 1086 AD (Southwell and District Local History Society, 2003), reviewed by J. V. Beckett, p. 208
David Hey, Medieval South Yorkshire (Ashbourne: Landmark Publishing, 2003), reviewed by Paul Dalton, p. 208
John Hunter, Field systems in Essex (Essex Society for Archaeology and History, Occasional Papers, New Ser. 1, 2003), reviewed by H. R. French, p. 209
N. W. Alcock, Documenting the history of houses (British Records Association, 2003), reviewed by David Hey, p. 210
R. W. Hoyle, The Pilgrimage of Grace and the politics of the 1530s (OUP, 2001, pb edition, 2003), reviewed by Jane Whittle, p. 210
David Edwards, The Ormond lordship in County Kilkenny, 1515–1642. The rise and fall of Butler feudal power (Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2003), reviewed by R. W. Hoyle, p. 211
Steven Hobbs (ed.), Wiltshire glebe terriers, 1588–1827 (Wiltshire Record Society, 56, 2003), reviewed by J. H. Bettey, p. 212
Angus J. L. Winchester (ed.), Thomas Denton, A perambulation of Cumberland, 1687–1688, including descriptions of Westmorland, the Isle of Man and Ireland (Surtees Society, 207, 2003), reviewed by J. V. Beckett, p. 213
Anne Orde (ed.), Matthew and George Culley. Travel journals and letters, 1765–1798 (OUP for the British Academy, 2002), reviewed by John Gall, p. 214
J. E. C. Peters, Discovering traditional farm buildings (Shire Publications, 1981, Reprinted and updated, 2003); John McCann, Clay and cob buildings (Shire Publications, Third edition, 2004), reviewed by Susanna Wade Martins, p. 215
E. A. Wrigley, Poverty, progress and population (CUP, 2004), reviewed by Cormac Ó. Gráda, p. 215
Timothy Shakesheff, Rural conflict, crime and protest. Herefordshire, 1800–1860 (Boydell Press, 2003), reviewed by Roger Wells, p. 216
Margaret E. Shepherd, From Hellgill to Bridge End. Aspects of economic and social change in the upper Eden valley, 1840–95 (University of Hertfordshire Press, 2003), reviewed by Christine Hallas, p. 218
T. A. Burdekin (ed.), A Victorian farmer’s diary. William Hodkin’s diary 1864–66. Life in and around Beeley on the Chatsworth estate (Derbyshire County Council, 2003), reviewed by David Hey, p. 219
Mark Freeman, Social investigation and rural England 1870–1914 (Royal Historical Society / Boydell, 2003), reviewed by Nicola Verdon, p. 219
Dorothy Calcutt, Born in a stable (Charlbury: Wychwood Press, 2001); George Pickard, 87and what can I remember (Illustrated by Julia Matcham), reviewed by Nicola Verdon, p. 220
John Veltom, Sindles Farm. A story of a farm and its farmers (Westbourne Local History Group, 2004), reviewed by R. J. Moore-Colyer, p. 221
Michael Shrubb, Birds, scythes and combines. A history of birds and agricultural change (CUP, 2003), reviewed by Ian Newton, p. 221
David W. Howell, Taking stock. The centenary history of the Royal Welsh Agricultural Society (University of Wales Press, 2003), reviewed by R. J. Moore-Colyer, p. 222
Christopher Jessel, Law of the manor – the twenty-first century (Barry Rose Law Publishers, 2003), reviewed by Michael Turner, p. 223
Peter Bellwood and Colin Renfrew (eds), Examining the farming/language dispersal hypothesis (Oxbow Books / McDonald Institute Monographs, 2002), reviewed by Peter Bogucki, p. 224
Patrick E. Macgovern, Ancient wine. The search for the origins of viniculture (Princeton UP, 2003), reviewed by Yannis Hamilakis, p. 225
Brenda Collins and Philip Ollerenshaw (eds), The European linen industry in historical perspective (Pasold Research Fund/OUP, 2003), reviewed by Nesta Evans, p. 227
C. A. Spinage, Cattle plague. A history (Kluwer Academic, 2003), reviewed by Paul Brassley, p. 227
William Beinart, The rise of conservation in South Africa. Settlers, livestock, and the environment, 1770–1950 (OUP, 2003), reviewed by Thomas R. Dunlap, p. 229
Wilma A. Dunaway, The African-American family in slavery and emancipation (CUP, 2003), reviewed by David Brown, p. 229
Hubertus Hiller, Jäger und Jagd. Zur Entwicklung des Jagdwesens in Deutschland zwishen 1848 und 1914 (Münster: Waxmann Verlag, 2003), reviewed by John Perkins, p. 230
Kimberly D. Schmidt, Diane Zimmerman Umble and Steven D. Reschly (eds), Strangers at home. Amish and Mennonite women in history (Johns Hopkins UP, 2002), reviewed by Kerry L. Fast, p. 231
Jean Choate, Disputed ground. Farm groups that opposed the New Deal agricultural program (McFarland and Company/Shelwing Ltd, 2002), reviewed by Jess Gilbert, p. 232
Gene Wunderlich, American Country Life. A legacy (University Press of America, 2003), reviewed by Michael Woods, p. 233
David J. Brien and Stephen K. Wegren (eds), Rural reform in post-Soviet Russia (Johns Hopkins UP, 2002), reviewed by Carol Scott Leonard, p. 234

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