Previous Volume

Agricultural History Review, Volume 53 (2005)

Articles, Part 1

Desmond Norton, On landlord-assisted emigration from some Irish estates in the 1840s, pp. 24–40

Jo Draper, 'Never-to-be-forgotten acts of oppression ... by professing Christians in the year 1874'. Joseph Arch's Agricultural Labourers' Union in Dorset, 1872-74, pp. 41–77

Philip Conford, Organic society: agriculture and radical politics in the career of Gerard Wallop, ninth Earl of Portsmouth (1898-1984), pp. 78–96

Articles, Part 2

A. J. Gritt, The operation of lifeleasehold in south-west Lancashire, 1649-97, pp. 1–23

Ben Dodds, Managing tithes in the late middle ages, pp. 125–140

Margaret A. Lyle, Regionality in the late Old Poor Law: the treatment of chargeable bastards from Rural Queries, pp. 141–157

Leigh Shaw-Taylor, Family farms and capitalist farms in mid nineteenth-century England, pp. 158–191

Stephen Matthews, Cattle clubs, insurance and plague in the mid-nineteenth century, pp. 192–211

Richard Perren, Farmers and consumers under strain: allied meat supplies in the First World War, pp. 212–228

Jan Bieleman, Technological innovation in Dutch cattle breeding and dairy farming, 1850-2000, pp. 229–250

Reviews, Part 1

Richard Britnell (ed.), The Winchester pipe rolls medieval English society (Boydell Press, 2003), reviewed by David Crook, p. 107

Sandra Raban, A second Domesday? The hundred rolls of 1279–80 (OUP, 2004), reviewed by Dave Postles, p. 108

R. W. Hoyle (ed.), People, landscape and alternative agriculture. Essays for Joan Thirsk (Agricultural History Review Supplement Series 3, 2004), reviewed by J. M. Neeson, p. 109

John Broad, Transforming English rural society. The Verneys and the Claydons, 1600–1820 (CUP, 2004), reviewed by H. R. French, p. 110

Patricia E. C. Croot (ed.), The Victoria history of the counties of England. A history of the county of Middle-sex, XII, Chelsea (Boydell and Brewer for the Institute of Historical Research, 2004), reviewed by Malcolm Thick, p. 111

Jon Stobart, The first industrial region. North-west England, c. 1700–60 (Manchester UP, 2004), reviewed by Andrew J. Gritt, p. 112

Roger J. P. Kain, John Chapman and Richard R. Oliver, The enclosure maps of England and Wales, 1595–1918. A cartographic analysis and electronic catalogue (CUP, 2004), reviewed by Michael Turner, p. 114

Jenny Buckton, The best of breeds. A history of Welsh Black cattle (Gomer Press, 2004), reviewed by R. J. Moore-Colyer, p. 115

Robin Haines, Charles Trevelyan and the Great Irish Famine (Four Courts Press, 2004), reviewed by Christine Kinealy, p. 116

Dennis R. Mills, Rural community history from trade directories (Local Population Studies Supplement, 2001), reviewed by J. A. Chartres, p. 117

Peter Wormell, Pinewoods of the Black Mount (Dalesman Publishing Company, 2003), reviewed by Howard Ovens, p. 118

Albert J. Ammerman and Paolo Biagi (eds), The widening harvest. The Neolithic transition in Europe: looking back, looking forward (Archaeological Institute of America, 2003), reviewed by John Robb, p. 118

Gérard Béaur, Christophe Duhamelle, Reiner Prass and Jürgen Schlumbohm (eds), Les sociétés rurales en Allemagne et en France (XVIIIe – XIXe siècles). Actes du colloque de Göttingen (23–25 novembre 2000) (Association d’histoire des sociétés rurales. Bibliothèque d’histoire rurale, 8, 2004), reviewed by Joan Thirsk, p. 119

Kerstin Sundberg (ed.), Work and production on manors in the Baltic Sea region, 1700–1900 (Stockholm: Nordiska museet förlag, 2002), reviewed by Dennis Mills, p. 121

Jan Luiten Van Zanden and Arthur Van Riel, The strictures of inheritance. The Dutch economy in the nineteenth century (Princeton UP, 2004), reviewed by Michael Wintle, p. 122

Reviews, Part 2

David Harrison, The bridges of medieval England. Transport and society, 400–1800 (OUP, 2004), reviewed by John Langdon, p. 251

Ralph Evans (ed.), Lordship and learning. Studies in memory of Trevor Aston (Boydell Press, 2004), reviewed by Richard Britnell, p. 252

Heather Falvey and Steve Hindle (eds), ‘This little commonwealth’: Layston parish memorandum book, 1607-c. 1650 & 1704-c. 1747 (Hertfordshire Record Publications 19, 2003), reviewed by H. R. French, p. 253

Simon Townley (ed.), The Victoria history of the counties of England. A history of the county of Oxford, XIV, Witney and its townships, Bampton hundred part two (Boydell and Brewer for the Institute of Historical Research, 2004), reviewed by J. R. Maddicott, p. 254

John and Pamela McCann, The dovecotes of historical Somerset (Somerset Vernacular Building Research Group, 2003), reviewed by James Bond, p. 255

Christine Vialls and Kay Collins (eds), A Georgian country parson. The Rev. John Mastin of Naseby (with a note on the Battle of Naseby by Glenn Foard) (Northamptonshire Record Society, 2004), reviewed by R. J. Moore-Colyer, p. 256

Charles F. Foster, Capital and innovation – how Britain became the first industrial nation. A study of the Warrington, Knutsford, Northwich and Frodsham area, 1500–1780 (Northwich: Arley Hall Press, 2004), reviewed by Andrew Hann, p. 257

Alan R. H. Baker and Mark Billinge (eds), Geographies of England. The North-South divide, imagined and material (CUP, 2004), reviewed by Jon Stobart, p. 258

Mark Cooper and John Davis, The Irish fertiliser industry. A history (Irish Academic Press, 2004), reviewed by Andy Bielenberg, p. 259

Carol Twitch, Tithe war, 1918–1939. The countryside in revolt (Norwich: Media Associates, 2001), reviewed by Alun Howkins, p. 260

E. J. T. Collins (ed.), Crafts in the English countryside: towards a future (The Countryside Agency, 2004), reviewed by Paul Brassley, p. 261

Govind P. Sreenivasan, The peasants of Ottobeuren, 1487–1726. A rural society in early modern Europe (CUP, 2004), reviewed by Paul Warde, p. 262

Nadine Vivier (ed.), Ruralité française et britannique (XIIIe-XXe siècles). Approches comparées. Colloque franco-britannique du Mans, 12–14 septembre 2002 (Presses Universitaires de Rennes, 2005), reviewed by Hugh Clout, p. 263

Bas J. P. Van Bavel and Peter Hoppenbrouwers (eds), Landholding and land transfer in the North Sea area (late middle ages – nineteenth century) (Turnhout: Brepols. CORN Publication Series 5, 2004), reviewed by H. R. French, p. 264

Brian Donahue, The great meadow. Farmers and the land in colonial Concord (Yale UP, 2003), reviewed by Oliver Rackham, p. 265

Virginia Dejohn Anderson, Creatures of Empire. How domestic animals transformed early America (OUP, 2004), reviewed by Thomas R. Dunlap, p. 266

David R. Foster and John D. Aber (eds), Forests in time. The environmental consequences of 1000 years of change in New England (Yale UP, 2004), reviewed by Graeme Wynn, p. 267

G. J. Leigh, The world’s greatest fix. A history of nitrogen and agriculture (OUP, 2004), reviewed by Paul Brassley, p. 268

Complete Volume PDF