The enclosure of knowledge books, power and agrarian capitalism in Britain, 1660-1800
The rise of agrarian capitalism in Britain is usually told as a story about markets, land and wages. The Enclosure of Knowledge reveals that it was also about books, knowledge and expertise. It argues that during the early modern period, farming books were a key tool in the appropriation of the trad...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2022
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| Series: | Cambridge studies in early modern British history
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| Collection: | Cambridge Books Online - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Pen over plough
- Rethinking agricultural books, knowledge and labour
- Learning without books : the mystery of husbandry
- Standing on the shoulders of peasants : the appropriation of the art of husbandry
- Learning without labour : codification and managerial knowledge
- Dividing head & hand : gentleman farmers, agriculturists and expertise
- Monopolising knowledge : professionalisation, education and stewards
- The master should know more : book-farming, power and resistance
- Conclusion: New histories of knowledge