Agricultural History Review, Volume 60 (2012)

Articles, Part 1

Rodney Edvinsson, Harvests and grain prices in Sweden, 1665-1870, pp. 1–18

Alan R. H. Baker, Hail as hazard: changing attitudes to crop protection against hail damage in France, 1815-1914, pp. 19–36

Louise Miskell, Putting on a show: the Royal Agricultural Society of England and the Victorian town, c.1840-1876, pp. 37–59

Obi Iwuagwu, The spread of Cassava (Manioc) in Igboland, south-east Nigeria: a reappraisal of the evidence, pp. 60–76

Katherine J. Taylor, Nigel Walford, Brian Short and Richard Armitage, Cautionary notes on linking the National Farm Survey with other records for investigating the agrarian history of Second World War Britain, pp. 77–96

Chantal Bisschop and Rien Emmery, Farming and folklore in the contested countryside: the ‘Year of the Village’ (1978) and the transformation of the Farmers’ Union in Flanders, pp. 97–116

Articles, Part 2

Johan Poukens, Tout-à-la-fois cultivateurs et commerçans’: smallholders and the Industrious Revolution in eighteenth-century Brabant, pp. 153–172

Ramon Garrabou, Jordi Planas and Enric Saguer, The management of agricultural estates in Catalonia in the nineteenth and early twentieth century, pp. 173–190

Annie Tindley and Eric Richards, Turmoil among the crofters: Evander McIver and the ‘Highland Question’, 1873–1903, pp. 191–213

R. B. Tranter, Agricultural adjustment on the Berkshire Downs during the recession of 1921–38, pp. 214–240

Johann Custodis, Employing the enemy: the contribution of German and Italian Prisoners of War to British agriculture during and after the Second World War, pp. 243–265

Jonathan Healey, The political culture of the English commons, c.1550–1650, pp. 266–287

Rebecca J. H. Woods, Breed, culture, and economy: The New Zealand frozen meat trade, 1880–1914, pp. 288–308

Reviews, Part 1

Nicholas J. Higham and Martin J. Ryan (eds), Landscape archaeology of Anglo-Saxon England (The Boydell Press, 2010), reviewed by Della Hooke, p. 134

Mark Gardiner and Christopher Whittick (eds), Accounts of the manor of Mote in Iden, 1442–1551, 1673 (Sussex Record Society, 92, 2008), reviewed by Marilyn Livingstone, p. 135

Tony Stephens, Landscapes and townscapes of North Craven: insights from the archives (Long Preston Heritage Group, 2011), reviewed by Jennifer S. Holt, p. 136

Mark Mcdermott and Sue Berry (eds), Edmund Rack’s Survey of Somerset (Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society, 2011), reviewed by Patricia Croot, p. 136

Christopher P. Rodgers, Eleanor A. Straughton, Angus J. L. Winchester and Margherita Pieraccini, Contested common land. Environmental governance past and present (Earthscan, 2011), reviewed by Nicola Whyte, p. 137

Christopher Dyer, Andrew Hopper, Evelyn Lord and Nigel Tringham (eds), New directions in local history since Hoskins (University of Hertfordshire Press, 2011), reviewed by H. R. French, p. 138

Richard Moore-Colyer, Farming in Wales, 1936–2011: 75 years of the Farm Business Survey (Y Lolfa, Talybont, Ceredigion, 2011), reviewed by Paul Brassley, p. 139

Stewart Squires and Catherine Wilson (eds), Growing better: Lincolnshire and the potato (Society for Lincolnshire History and Archaeology, 2011), reviewed by John Martin, p. 140

Maurice Bichard, Baskets in Europe (Fyfield Wick Editions, 2008), reviewed by Jacqui Wood, p. 141

Ina Zweiniger-Bargielowska, Rachel Duffett and Alain Drouard (eds), Food and war in twentieth-century Europe (Ashgate, 2011), reviewed by Paul Brassley, p. 142

Juliette Dumasy, Autour du ‘Village’. Établissements humains, finages et communautés rurales entre Seine et Rhin (IVe– XIIIe siècles) (Publications De L’Institut D’Études Médiévales, Université Catholique de Louvain), reviewed by Hugh Clout, p. 143

Janken Myrdal and Mats Morell (eds), The agrarian history of Sweden from 4000bc to ad2000 (Nordic Academic Press, 2011), reviewed by Jonas Lindström, p. 144

Sverre Bagge, Michael H. Gelting and Thomas Lindkvist (eds), Feudalism. New landscapes of debate (The Medieval Countryside 5, Brepols Publishers, 2011), reviewed by Christopher Dyer, p. 145

Ulf Jansson, Leif Wastenson and Pär Aspenberg (eds), National atlas of Sweden. Agriculture and forestry in Sweden since 1900: a cartographic description (Norstedt, 2011); Hans Antonson and Ulf Jansson (eds), Agriculture and forestry in Sweden since 1900: geographical and historical studies (Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry, 2011), reviewed by Janken Myrdal, p. 146

Noelle Plack, Common land, wine and the French Revolution. Rural society and economy in southern France, c.1789–1820 (Ashgate, 2009), reviewed by Alun Howkins, p. 147

Gail Kligman and Katherine Verdery, Peasants under siege. The collectivization of Romanian agriculture, 1949–1962 (Princeton U.P., 2011), reviewed by Nigel Swain, p. 148

Peter D. Griggs, Global industry, local innovation: the history of cane sugar production in Australia, 1820–1995 (Peter Lang, 2011), reviewed by Fritz Georg Von Graevenitz, p. 149

Reviews, Part 2

Ben Dodds and Christian D. Liddy (eds), Commercial activity, markets and entrepreneurs in the Middle Ages. Essays in honour of Richard Britnell (Boydell & Brewer, 2011), reviewed by Philip Slavin, p. 309

John Hare, A prospering society: Wiltshire in the later Middle Ages (Studies in Regional and Local History 10, University of Hertfordshire Press, 2011), reviewed by Miriam Müller, p. 311

C. M. Fraser (ed.), The court rolls of the manor of Wakefield from October 1433 to September 1436 (The Wakefield Court Rolls Series of the Yorkshire Archaeological Society, xv, 2011), reviewed by Marilyn Livingstone, p. 312

Marjorie Keniston McIntosh, Poor relief in England, 1350–1600 (Cambridge University Press, 2012); Samantha Williams, Poverty, gender and life-cycle under the English Poor Law, 1760–1834 (The Royal Historical Society/The Boydell Press, 2011), reviewed by H. R. French, p. 312

Richard Hoyle (ed.), Custom, improvement and the landscape in early modern Britain (Ashgate, 2011), reviewed by John Broad, p. 314

Christopher Jessel, A legal history of the English landscape (Wildy, Simmonds & Hill Publishing, 2011), reviewed by William D. Shannon, p. 315

Thomas Faulkner, Helen Berry and Jeremy Gregory (eds), Northern landscapes: representations and realities of North-East England (Regions and Regionalism in History, 12, The Boydell Press, 2010), reviewed by Andy Gritt, p. 316

Shaun Morley (ed.), Oxfordshire Friendly Societies 1750–1918 (Oxfordshire Record Society, 68, 2011), reviewed by David Neave, p. 317

Jeremy Burchardt and Philip Conford (eds), The contested countryside. Rural politics and land controversy in modern Britain (I. B. Tauris, 2008), reviewed by C. V. J. Griffiths, p. 318

Juliet Clutton-Brock, Animals as domesticates. A world view through history (Michigan State University Press, 2012), reviewed by Karen Sayer, p. 319

Annie Potts, Chicken (Reaktion Books, 2012), reviewed by Andrew Godley, p. 320

Victoria De Rijke, Duck (Reaktion Books, 2009), reviewed by Karen Sayer, p. 321

Harry Kitsikopoulos (ed.), Agrarian change and crisis in Europe, 1200–1500 (Routledge, 2012), reviewed by Chris Briggs, p. 321

Florence Bourillon and Nadine Vivier (eds), La mesure cadastrale. Estimer la valeur du foncier (Presses Universitaires de Rennes, 2012), reviewed by Hugh Clout, p. 322

Jean-Marc Moriceau, L’homme contre le loup. Une guerre de deux mille ans (Librairie Anthème Fayard, Paris, 2011), reviewed by Hugh Clout, p. 323

Paul Brusse and Wijnandt W. Mijnhardt, Towards a new template for Dutch history. De-urbanization and the balance between city and countryside (Balance between city and countryside 4, Uitgeverij Waanders / Universiteit Utrecht, 2011), reviewed by Richard Paping, p. 324

Mats Olsson and Patrick Svensson (eds), Growth and stagnation in European historical agriculture (Brepols, 2011), reviewed by Michael Kopsidis, p. 325

Bjørn Poulsen and Søren Michael Sindbæk (eds), Settlement and lordship in Viking and early medieval Scandinavia (Brepols, 2012), reviewed by David Griffiths, p. 326

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