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Agricultural History Review, Volume 56 (2008)

Articles, Part 1
Articles, Part 2
Reviews, Part 1
Stephen Parry, Raunds Area Survey. An archaeological study of the landscape of Raunds, Northamptonshire, 1985–94 (Oxbow Books, 2006), reviewed by Carenza Lewis, p. 94
Ian Bailey, David Cant, Alan Petford and Nigel Smith (eds), Pennine perspectives. Aspects of the history of Midgley (Midgley Books, 2007), reviewed by Christine Hallas, p. 95
Tom Beaumont James and Christopher Gerrard, Clarendon. Landscape of kings (Windgather Press, 2007), reviewed by James Bond, p. 96
Joan Thirsk (ed.), Hadlow. Life, land and people in a Wealden parish, 1460–1600 (Kent Archaeological Society, 2007), reviewed by Michael Zell, p. 97
Margaret Thorburn, The lower Ouse valley. Lewes to Newhaven – a history of the brookland (Lewes: Withy Books, 2007), reviewed by Brian Short, p. 98
Paula Sunshine, Wattle and daub (Shire Publications, 2006), reviewed by R. J. Moore-Colyer, p. 98
Bruce M. S. Campbell, The medieval antecedents of English agricultural progress (Ashgate, 2007), reviewed by Ben Dodds, p. 99
Ben Dodds, Peasants and production in the medieval North-East. The evidence from tithes, 1270–1536 (Boydell, 2007), reviewed by Christopher Dyer, p. 100
John Walter, Crowds and popular politics in early modern England (Manchester University Press, 2006), reviewed by Roger B. Manning, p. 101
Joan Thirsk, Food in early modern England: phases, fads and fashions, 1500–1760 (Hambledon Continuum, 2007), reviewed by Stephen Mennell, p. 102
Nigel Goose (ed.), Women’s work in industrial England. Regional and local perspectives (Local Population Studies Supplement, 2007), reviewed by Joyce Burnette, p. 103
R. W. Hoyle (ed.), Our hunting fathers. Field sports in England after 1850 (Carnegie Publishing, 2007), reviewed by F. M. L. Thompson, p. 105
Pamela Dearlove, ‘Go home you miners!’ Fen Drayton and the LSA (The author, 2007), reviewed by Joan Thirsk, p. 106
John Rhodes, Yeller-belly years. Growing up in Lincolnshire, 1930–50. ‘Remember’d with advantages’ (The author, 2007), reviewed by Dennis Mills, p. 106
Philip Sheail, The life and times of a Hampshire blacksmith (Molewood Hawthorn Publishing, 2007), reviewed by Roy Brigden, p. 107
Brian Short, Charles Watkins and John Martin (eds), The front line of freedom. British farming in the Second World War (British Agricultural History Society, Agricultural History Review Supplement Series 4, 2006), reviewed by Stephen Caunce, p. 108
Ian Walthew, A place in my country. In search of the rural dream (Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 2007), reviewed by R. J. Moore-Colyer, p. 109
Clare V. J. Griffiths, Labour and the Countryside. The politics of rural Britain, 1918–1939 (OUP, 2007), reviewed by Alun Howkins, p. 110
Erik Thoen and Leen Van Molle (eds), Rural history in the North Sea area. An overview of recent research (middle ages – twentieth century) (Brepols, CORN Publication Series 1, 2006), reviewed by R. W. Hoyle, p. 112
Ernst Bruckmüller, Ernst Langthaler and Josef Redl (eds), Agrargeschichte schreiben. Traditionen und Innovationen im internationalen Vergleich (Innsbruck: Studien Verlag. Jahrbuch für Geschichte des ländlichen Raumes, 2004), reviewed by Paul Warde, p. 113
Corinne Beck, Renaud Benarrous, Jean- Michel Derex and Alain Gallicé (eds), Les zones humides européennes: espaces productifs d’hier et d’aujourd’hui (Estuarium, 2007), reviewed by Hugh Clout, p. 115
Philippe Madeline and Jean-Marc Moriceau (eds), Acteurs et espaces de l’élevage (XVIIe–XXIe siècle) (Presses Universitaires de Rennes, 2006), reviewed by Hugh Clout, p. 116
Rosa Congost and José Miguel Lana (eds), Campos cerrados, debates abiertos. Análisis histórico y propiedad de la tierra en Europa (siglos XVI–XIX) (Pamplona: Universidad Pública de Navarra, 2007), reviewed by Joseph Harrison, p. 117
Elvis Mallorquí (ed.), Toponímia, paisatge i cultura. Els noms de lloc des de la lingüística, la geografia i la història (Universitat de Girona, Documenta Universitaria, 2006), reviewed by Joseph Harrison, p. 118
Peter J. Atkins, Peter Lummel and Derek J. Oddy (eds), Food and the city in Europe since 1800 (Ashgate, 2007), reviewed by Ken Abala, p. 118
Robert Davies (ed.), Letters from an American Farmer, Hector de Crèvecoeur (Serendipity, 2006), reviewed by Henry French, p. 119
Lin Foxhall, Olive Cultivation in Ancient Greece. Seeking the ancient economy (OUP, 2007), reviewed by David Mattingly, p. 120
Reviews, Part 2
Susan Oosthuizen, Landscapes decoded. The origins and development of Cambridgeshire’s medieval fields (University of Hertfordshire Press, 2006), reviewed by Della Hooke, p. 214
Joe and Caroline Hillaby, Leominster minster, priory and borough, c.660–1539 (The Friends of Leominster Priory & Loaston Press, 2006), reviewed by M. J. Franklin, p. 215
Mark Bailey, Medieval Suffolk. An economic and social history, 1200–1500 (Boydell Press, 2007), reviewed by Phillipp R. Schofield, p. 215
Adrian R. Bell, Chris Brooks and Paul R. Drybergh, The English wool market, c.1230–1327 (CUP, 2007), reviewed by Janet Burton, p. 216
Brian Barker, Law and disorder in the Medieval North-East: the Claxtons and the Barony of Dilston in Northumberland, 1373–1441 (Papers in North Eastern History, 16, North-East England History Institute, 2007), reviewed by Ben Dodds, p. 217
Margaret Yates, Town and countryside in western Berkshire, c.1327–c.1600: social and economic change (Boydell Press, 2007), reviewed by Ben Dodds, p. 217
Robert Liddiard (ed.), The medieval park. New perspectives (Windgather Press, 2007), reviewed by Jean Birrell, p. 218
Andy Wood, The 1549 rebellions and the making of early modern England (CUP, 2007), reviewed by Jane Whittle, p. 219
H. R. French and R. W. Hoyle, The character of English rural society. Earls Colne, 1550–1750 (Manchester UP, 2007), reviewed by John Walter, p. 220
Peter Edwards, Horse and man in early modern England (Hambledon Continuum, 2007), reviewed by R. J. Moore-Colyer, p. 221
Dave Postles, The North through its names. A phenomenology of medieval and early modern England (Oxbow Books, 2007), reviewed by David Hey, p. 223
John Gurney, Brave community. The Digger movement in the English revolution (Manchester University Press, 2007), reviewed by Darren Webb, p. 224
J. Finch and K. Giles (eds), Estate Landscapes. Design, improvement and power in the post-medieval landscape (Boydell Press, 2007), reviewed by Susanna Wade-Martins, p. 225
Adrian Randall, Riotous assemblies. Popular protest in Hanoverian England (OUP, 2006), reviewed by Roger Wells, p. 226
David Oldroyd, Estates, enterprise and investment at the dawn of the industrial revolution. Estate management and accounting in the north-east of England, c.1700–80 (Ashgate, 2007), reviewed by Anne L. Murphy, p. 228
Cheryl Schonhardt-Bailey, From the Corn Laws to Free Trade. Interests, ideas and institutions in historical perspective (The MIT Press, 2006), reviewed by Peter T. Marsh, p. 229
H. Kristensen (ed.), The diaries of William Brewis of Mitford, 1833–1850 (Wagtail Press, 2007), reviewed by Ian D. Roberts, p. 230
Geoffrey Tudor, Brunel’s Hidden Kingdom. The full story of the estate he created and his planned house at Watcombe, Torquay, compiled by Helen Hilliard (Creative Media Publishing, 2007), reviewed by Michael Duffy, p. 230
Edward Bujak, England’s Rural Realms. Landholding and the agricultural revolution (Tauris Academic Studies, 2007), reviewed by J. V. Beckett, p. 231
Gary Moses, Rural moral reform in nineteenth-century England. The crusade against adolescent farm servants and hiring fairs (The Edwin Mellen Press, 2007), reviewed by Andrew J. Gritt, p. 232
Joyce Burnette, Gender, work and wages in industrial revolution Britain (Cambridge University Press, 2008), reviewed by Nicola Verdon, p. 233
Elizabeth T. Hurren, Protesting about pauperism. Poverty, politics and poor relief in late Victorian England, 1870–1900 (Royal Historical Society/Boydell, 2007), reviewed by Mark Freeman, p. 234
Alan Crossley, Tom Hassall and Peter Salway (eds), William Morris’s Kelmscott. Landscape and history (Windgather Press, 2007), reviewed by Martin Haggerty, p. 235
K. Redmore (ed.), Ploughs, chaff cutters and steam engines. Lincolnshire’s agricultural implement makers (Society for Lincolnshire History and Archaeology, 2007), reviewed by Peter Dewey, p. 237
Bromyard and District Local History Society, A pocketful of hops (New edition, 2007), reviewed by Graham Gardner, p. 238
Peter Dewey, ‘Iron Harvests of the Fields’: the making of farm machinery in Britain since 1800 (Carnegie Publishing Ltd., 2008), reviewed by R. J. Moore-Colyer, p. 239
M. Masheder, Carrier’s Cart to Oxford. Growing up in the 1920s in the Oxfordshire village of Elsfield (The Wychwood Press, 2007), reviewed by R. J. Moore-Colyer, p. 240
Lady Eve Balfour, The living soil (Soil Association, 2006); Sir Albert Howard, Farming and gardening for health or disease (Soil Association, 2006); Lionel Picton, Thoughts on feeding (Soil Association, 2006), reviewed by Erin Gill, p. 241
Mark Hamilton Lytle, The gentle subversive. Rachel Carson, Silent Spring and the rise of the environmental movement (New York: OUP, 2007), reviewed by Lisa H. Sideris, p. 242
Arthur Staniforth, Straw and Straw Craftsmen (Shire Publications, 2008), reviewed by R. J. Moore-Colyer, p. 243
Eric Wood, The south-west Peak. A landscape history (Landmark Publishing, 2007), reviewed by Roger Dalton, p. 244
Gary J. West, An historical ethnography of rural Perthshire, 1750–1950. Farm, family and neighbourhood (The Edwin Mellen Press Ltd., 2007), reviewed by Heather Holmes, p. 245
L. Kennedy and P. M. Solar, Irish Agriculture: A price history from the mid-eighteenth century to the First World War (The Royal Irish Academy, 2007), reviewed by Michael Turner, p. 246
Cormac Ó Gráda, Richard Paping and Eric Vanhaute (eds), When the potato failed: causes and effects of the last European subsistence crisis, 1845–1850 (Brepols, 2007), reviewed by Joel Mokyr, p. 247
Samuel Leturcq, Un village, la terre et les hommes. Toury en Beauce (XII-XVII siècle) (Editions du Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques, Paris, 2007), reviewed by Hugh Clout, p. 248
N. Locklin, Women’s work and identity in eighteenth-century Brittany (Ashgate, 2007), reviewed by Nicola Verdon, p. 249
Philippe Madeline and Jean-Marc Moriceau (eds), Bâtir dans les campagnes. Les enjeux de la construction de la protohistoire au XXIe siècle (Presses universitaires de CAEN-MRSH coedition, 2007), reviewed by Gwen Jones, p. 250
Pierre Cornu and Jean-Luc Mayaud (eds), Au nom de la terre. Agrarisme et agrariens en France et en Europe du 19e siècle à nos jours (Paris, La Boutique de l’Histoire, 2007), reviewed by Hugh Clout, p. 251
René Bourrigaud and François Sigaut, Nous Labourons. Actes du colloque technique de travail de la terre, hier et aujourd’hui, ici et là-bas (Editions du Centre d’histoire du travail, Nantes, 2007), reviewed by Hugh Clout, p. 252
Annie Antoine and Dominique Marguerie (eds), Bocages et sociétés (Presses Universitaires de Rennes, 2007), reviewed by Hugh Clout, p. 253
Vicente Pinilla Navarro (ed.), Gestión y usos del agua en la cuenca del Ebro en el siglo XX (Prensas Universitarias de Zaragoza, 2008), reviewed by Joseph Harrison, p. 254
David Celetti, La canapa nella Repubblica veneta. Produzione nazionale e importazioni in età moderna (Venezia, Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti), reviewed by F. M. Vianello, p. 255
Andreas Dix and Ernst Lanthaler (eds), Grüne Revolutionen. Agrarsysteme und Umwelt im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert (Innsbruck: Studien Verlag. Jahrbuch für Geschichte des ländlichen Raumes, 2006), reviewed by Paul Warde, p. 256
Corinne Gaudin, Ruling Peasants. Village and state in late Imperial Russia (Northern Illinois University Press, 2007), reviewed by T. K. Dennison, p. 257
James S. Duncan, In the shadows of the tropics. Climate, race and biopower in nineteenth-century Ceylon (Ashgate, 2007), reviewed by James L. A. Webb, Jr., p. 258
Colin Grier, Jangsuk Kim and Junzo Uchiyama (eds), Beyond affluent foragers. Rethinking hunter-gather complexity (Oxbow Books, 2006); Marjan Mashkour (ed.), Equids in time and space (Oxbow Books, 2006); Deborah Ruscillo (ed.), Recent advances in ageing and sexing animal bones (Oxbow Books, 2006), reviewed by Alasdair Whittle, p. 259
R. Compatangelo-Soussignan, J.-R. Bertrand, J. Chapman and P-Y. Laffont (eds), Landmarks and socio-economic systems. The construction of pre-industrial landscapes and their perception by contemporary societies. Proceedings of the Le Mans COST Conference (7–9 December, 2006), reviewed by Ross Balzaretti, p. 260
Linda Kalof, Looking at animals in human history (Reaktion Books, 2007), reviewed by Keith R. Benson, p. 262
Marcel Mazoyer and Laurence Roudart, A history of world agriculture from the Neolithic age to the current crisis (Earthscan, 2006), reviewed by L. T. Evans, p. 262
J. Radkau, Nature and Power. A global history of the environment (Cambridge University Press, 2008), reviewed by Timothy Cooper, p. 263

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