Food, energy and the creation of industriousness work and material culture in agrarian England, 1550-1780
Until the widespread harnessing of machine energy, food was the energy which fuelled the economy. In this groundbreaking 2011 study of agricultural labourers' diet and material standard of living, Craig Muldrew uses empirical research to present a much fuller account of the interrelationship be...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2011
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| Series: | Cambridge studies in economic history. Second series
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| Collection: | Cambridge Books Online - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- What did labourers eat?
- Calories consumed by labourers
- Labourers' household goods
- Work and household earnings
- Agricultural labour and the industrious revolution
- 'Honest' and 'industrious' labourers?
- Conclusion