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Beschreibung

With world markets upset and economies in recession, the 1920s and 30s were not an easy time for farmers, who required great resilience to survive.

Jonathan Brown here examines the challenges that farmers faced and the ways in which they responded. Some turned to new crops, with new markets emerging for sugar beet, eggs, milk and pork. Some used tractors and other machines to increase productivity, and the motor car and lorry opened up new possibilities for bringing produce to market.

It was hard work whichever direction was taken, but the effects of these innovations was undeniably beneficial and the farming landscape was transformed from what it had been in Victorian and Edwardian times.

With world markets upset and economies in recession, the 1920s and 30s were not an easy time for farmers, who required great resilience to survive.

Jonathan Brown here examines the challenges that farmers faced and the ways in which they responded. Some turned to new crops, with new markets emerging for sugar beet, eggs, milk and pork. Some used tractors and other machines to increase productivity, and the motor car and lorry opened up new possibilities for bringing produce to market.

It was hard work whichever direction was taken, but the effects of these innovations was undeniably beneficial and the farming landscape was transformed from what it had been in Victorian and Edwardian times.

Über den Autor
Jonathan Brown is an Honorary Fellow of the Museum of Rural Life in Reading. He is the author of several books, including 'Steam on the Farm' and, for Shire, 'The Edwardian Farm' and 'Farming in the 1920s and 30s".
Zusammenfassung
An illustrated history of farms, farmers and farming between 1918 and 1940
Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
Adjusting to Peace in the 1920s
The Farmers
The Farms
Cows, Pigs and Sheep
Dairy Farming
The Poultry Farm
The Arable Farmer
Power on the Land
Return to War
Further Reading
Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: Shire Publications
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780747810940
ISBN-10: 074781094X
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Brown, Jonathan
Hersteller: Bloomsbury Publishing plc
Shire Publications
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 210 x 149 x 3 mm
Von/Mit: Jonathan Brown
Erscheinungsdatum: 10.04.2012
Gewicht: 1,551 kg
Artikel-ID: 106851730