The world of the small farmer
Subtitle: tenure, profit and politics in the early modern Somerset Levels
By: Patricia Croot
Series: Studies in regional and local history -- Volume 15; Studies in regional and local history (Hertfordshire, England) -- v. 15.
Publisher: University of Hertfordshire Press
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Hatfield, Hertfordshire, UK
Language: eng
Number of pages: 226
ISBN-13: 9781909291867; 9781909291874
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Agriculture; History; Rural development; Land tenure; Economic aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-216) and index.
Table of contents: title: The Brent Marsh parishes and their inhabitants; title: Landholding and local society; title: Making a living from the land; title: Family and inheritance in Brent Marsh; title: Wealth, society and national politics; title: Small farmers and early modern agriculture : an obstacle to change or a commercial contribution?