Harvesters and Harvesting 1840-1900 by David Hoseason Morgan - 9781138744769

Taylor & Francis

Harvesters and Harvesting 1840-1900A Study of the Rural Proletariat\nAuthor(s): David Hoseason Morgan\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138744769, 978-1138744769\nSynopsis\nDuring the second half of the nineteenth century the enormous increase in agricultural production, unmatched by technical advance in harvesting, drew vast numbers of rural and migrant workers into the harvest that lasted from June to October. \n\nThis book, first published in 1982, examines the technology, conditions and customs of the harvest and, through that, the life of the rural population of central England from the 1840s until the end of the century when hand tools finally gave way to mechanisation. \n\nThe economic framework of the period in agriculture is set out and there flows a detailed analysis of hand tools and work methods in the harvest. The population of harvesters, agricultural labourers and their entire families, townspeople.