This book is the first available survey of English agriculture between 1500 and 1850. It combines new evidence with recent findings from the specialist literatu

This 2004 book explores the question of British exceptionalism in the period from the Glorious Revolution to the Congress of Vienna. Leading historians examine

First Published in 2005. This book argues that the agricultural revolution took place in England in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and not in the eight

An investigation into farming practices throughout a period of seismic change. WINNER of the British Agricultural History Society's 2022 Thirsk Prize WINNER of

Addressing one of the most debated revolutions in the history of our species, the change from hunting and gathering to farming, this title takes a global view,