Project Gutenberg 2009-06-27 Public domain in the USA. 92 Fitt, Harriett Bradley 1892 1980 Bradley, Harriett Bradley, Harriet Fitt, Harriet Bradley 18016243 The Enclosures in England: An Economic Reconstruction Produced by Chris Curnow, Stephanie Eason, Joseph Cooper and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Enclosures in England: An Economic Reconstruction" by Harriett Bradley Fitt is a historical account written in the early 20th century. This work examines the enclosure movement in England, which transformed land use from common farming practices to privately owned enclosed fields, significantly impacting the agricultural landscape and social structure of the time. The book seeks to provide a critical analysis of prevailing theories regarding the motivations for this movement, specifically challenging the notion that it was primarily driven by economic gains from wool prices. The opening of the text outlines the traditional understanding of the enclosure movement, which has often centered on rising wool prices and the desire for greater profit. Fitt critiques this perspective, pointing out that the price of wool actually fell during the critical periods of transition. Instead, she argues that the decline in productivity of common-field land due to centuries of cultivation and inadequate agricultural practices drove the shift towards grazing systems. The author plans to analyze contemporary evidence to construct a more nuanced narrative of the enclosure movement, suggesting that the loss of soil fertility was a significant factor in the movement, thereby reshaping the reader's understanding of this pivotal period in English economic history. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Agriculture -- England -- History Inclosures Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- England HD Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Economics Browsing: History - British 305284 305227 2024-09-12T13:40:19.621412 2023-09-13T05:56:40.767310 text/html text/html 290717 2021-01-05T06:45:32 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 133515 2021-01-05T06:45:32 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 201279 2024-09-12T13:40:27.522355 application/epub+zip 204104 2024-09-12T13:40:21.750425 application/epub+zip 162364 2024-09-12T13:40:20.497412 application/epub+zip 468778 2024-09-12T13:40:31.271343 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 413707 2024-09-12T13:40:26.508324 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 283368 2022-09-13T14:27:51.800135 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 232291 232160 2024-09-12T13:40:18.563377 2023-09-13T05:56:39.636315 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 232001 2021-01-05T06:45:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 81802 2021-01-05T06:45:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18816 2024-09-12T13:40:31.811328 application/rdf+xml 22999 2024-09-12T13:40:20.918423 image/jpeg 5012 2024-09-12T13:40:20.702382 image/jpeg 196469 2024-09-12T13:40:19.647417 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