Project Gutenberg 2005-08-25 Public domain in the USA. 106 Curtler, W. H. R. (William Henry Ricketts) 1862 1925 Curtler, William Henry Ricketts A Short History of English Agriculture Reading ease score: 67.4 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Million Book Project, Juliet Sutherland, Tricia Gilbert and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "A Short History of English Agriculture" by W. H. R. Curtler is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The book delves into the development and evolution of agricultural practices in England from ancient times through the late 19th century. It emphasizes the impact of various historical events, societal changes, and technological advancements on the agricultural landscape. The opening of the work sets the stage for an exploration of the roots of English agriculture, highlighting the communal farming practices of early settlers in Britain and the growth of the manorial system. The text describes how land distribution occurred among groups rather than individuals, introducing the complexities of agrarian life, the communal use of land, and the eventual evolution toward individual property ownership. The author provides a glimpse into the operations of early English agriculture and the social structures that shaped it, laying a foundation for the detailed exploration to come in subsequent chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Agriculture -- England -- History S Text Browsing: History - British Browsing: Science - Earth/Agricultural/Farming 1407763 1407535 2024-10-07T11:20:18.224242 2023-09-07T11:39:23.188913 text/html text/html 1319384 2020-12-12T10:56:48 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 365615 2020-12-12T10:56:48 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 460144 2024-10-07T11:20:51.156064 application/epub+zip 480715 2024-10-07T11:20:25.691179 application/epub+zip 473469 2024-10-07T11:20:22.171243 application/epub+zip 1002065 2024-10-07T11:21:06.447487 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 851852 2024-10-07T11:20:47.564060 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 867826 2022-09-08T06:23:36.426782 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 809449 809312 2024-10-07T11:20:11.085297 2023-09-07T11:39:16.847849 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 808941 2020-12-12T10:56:48 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 304476 2020-12-12T10:56:48 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 808954 2020-12-12T10:56:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 304383 2020-12-12T10:56:49 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20884 2024-10-07T11:21:06.639467 application/rdf+xml 17036 2024-10-07T11:20:23.104177 image/jpeg 3862 2024-10-07T11:20:22.640171 image/jpeg 433840 2024-10-07T11:20:18.314192 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog