The allotment movement in England, 1793-1873 / Jeremy Burchardt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burchardt, Jeremy, 1969-

Series:

Royal Historical Society studies in history. New series 0269-2244

Royal Historical Society studies in history. New series, 0269-2244

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labourers' Friend Society (London, England)--History.

Labourers' Friend Society (London, England).

Allotment of land--England--History.

Allotment of land.

Working-men's gardens--England--History.

Working-men's gardens.

Rural poor--England--History--19th century.

Rural poor.

Agricultural laborers--England--History--19th century.

Agricultural laborers.

History.

England--Rural conditions.

England.

Rural conditions.

Physical Description:

xii, 287 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Royal Historical Society ; Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, NY : Boydell Press, 2002.

Summary:

The living standards of the rural poor suffered a severe decline in the first half of the nineteenth century as a result of high population growth, changing agricultural practices, enclosure and the decline of rural industries. Allotment provision was the most important counterweight to the pressures. This book offers the first systematic analysis of the early nineteenth-century allotment movement, providing new data on the chronology of the movement and on the number, geographical distribution, size, rents, cultivation yields and effect on living standards of allotments, showing how the movement brought the culture of the rural labouring poor more closely into line with the mainstream values of respectable mid-Victorian England. This book casts new light on central aspects of early and mid-nineteenth-century social and economic history, agriculture and rural society.

Contents:

The first allotment movement, c. 1793-1830

The resurgence of allotment promotion and provision after 1830

The national movement and the Labourer's Friend Society

The local movement and individual activists

The allotment landlord

The allotment tenant

The social consequences of allotments

Allotment promotion and provision, c. 1845-1873.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-277) and index.

ISBN:

0861932560

OCLC:

49326818