Agricultural enlightenment : knowledge, technology, and nature, 1750-1840 / Peter M. Jones.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jones, Peter (Peter M.), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Enlightenment--Europe.

Enlightenment.

Agriculture--Europe--History--18th century.

Agriculture.

Land reform--Europe--History--18th century.

Land reform.

Europe--Rural conditions--18th century.

Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.

Summary:

'Agricultural Enlightenment' explores the modernization of the rural economy in Europe through the lens of the Enlightenment. It focuses on the second half of the eighteenth century and emphasises the role of useful knowledge in the process of agrarian change and agricultural development.

Contents:

Cover; Agricultural Enlightenment: Knowledge, Technology, and Nature, 1750-1840; Copyright; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Figures; Introduction; 1: Agriculture, Industry, and Commerce; PHYSIOCRACY; CAMERALISM; POLITICAL ECONOMY; AGRONOMY; 2: The State and Agrarian Reform; THE ANCIEN RÉGIME; THE REVOLUTIONARY ERA; THE AFTERMATH; 3: Vectors and Agents of Knowledge Transmission; USEFUL INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION; AGRONOMIC TRAVEL; ECONOMIC AND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES; AGENTS AND INSTIGATORS; 4: Diffusion in Practice: Emulation and Innovation; EMULATION; HUSBANDRY OLD AND NEW

INNOVATION AND ADOPTION5: Technology in Agriculture; SKILLED LABOUR MOBILITY; HAND-TOOLS AND MACHINES; TRANSFER AND CIRCULATION IN ACTION; 6: Agricultural Enlightenment and Agricultural Revolution; PRODUCTION, PRODUCTIVITY, AND ENCLOSURE; BIG VERSUS SMALL; DENMARK; SCOTLAND; 7: The Science of Agriculture; CHEMISTRY; EXPERIMENT AND OBSERVATION; SOIL FERTILITY AND PLANT NUTRITION; SUGAR FROM BEET; TOWARDS A LABORATORY AGRICULTURE; 8: Nature and Environment; LANDSCAPE AND LAND USE; THE HUMAN HABITAT; Conclusion; Bibliography ; MANUSCRIPTS; Archives Nationales, Paris

Archives Départementales de l'Oise, BeauvaisBritish Library, London; THESES AND UNPUBLISHED PAPERS; PRINTED SOURCES; Primary Sources; Websites; Secondary Sources; Index

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-19-178429-X

0-19-102515-1

OCLC:

936040216