Bibliograph

The village labourer, 1760-1832, a study in the government of England before the Reform Bill, J.L. and Barbara Hammond

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The village labourer, 1760-1832, a study in the government of England before the Reform Bill, J.L. and Barbara Hammond

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The village labourer, 1760-1832

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

J.L. and Barbara Hammond

Sub title

a study in the government of England before the Reform Bill

Summary

The first installment of a pioneering trilogy that would include The Town Labourer (1917) and The Skilled Labourer (1919), this 1911 volume established the Hammonds as revisionist historians whose meticulous research and persuasive prose not only illuminated the past but could influence contemporary social debates. Here the authors focused on the effects of enclosure measures on the rural poor

Target audience

adult

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