Enclosure and the Yeoman: The Agricultural Development of the South Midlands, 1450-1850

by Robert C. Allen

Exploring the shift from medieval to modern institutions in English agriculture and their importance for productivity, distribution, and their contribution to British economic growth, Allen's pioneering study shows that, contrary to the general assumption of many historians, small-scale farmers in the open-field system were responsible for a considerable proportion of the productivity growth achieved between the middle ages and the nineteenth century...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198282966
• ISBN13: 9780198282969
• Release Date: June 1992
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 177.00 lbs.