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'Rude, rough and lawless' was one view of the women and children employed on the land in Victorian England. But was theirs a harsher fate than work in the factory system? |
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John Etty examines how far history has been moulded by enviroment, Published in History Review, Issue: 58, 2007
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Kevin Haddick Flynn looks back at the life and times of radical Michael Davitt as Ireland remembers the centenary of his death on May 31st. |
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Carol Davis visits a church in Liverpool that has tragic links with the Irish Famine. The opening of a new study centre there will assist those trying to trace ancestors affected by the disaster.
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Harold Perkin discusses the role of the extraction and distribution of surplus production in historical change, from Ancient Egypt to the 21st century. |
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Clare Griffiths reflects on the last time a Labour government faced angry farmers fighting for their livelihood.
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Denise Silvester-Carr introduces the new Famine Museum at Strokestown, County Roscommon. Published in History Today, Volume: 46 Issue: 12
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Richard Cavendish finds plenty to chew the cud on, courtesy of the BAHS Published in History Today, Volume: 43 Issue: 4
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The partnership of man and horse on the land goes back a long time, but, as John Langdon shows, it was not until after the Conquest that the horse really began to come into its own.
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The 150 years of Royal Shows in Britain cast useful light on the changing relationship between man and the countryside and the love-hate relationship of farming and technology, argues Nicholas Goddard.
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'I speak of the Golden-Vale, the Lombardy of Herefordshire, the Garden of the Old Gallants, and Paradice of the backside of the Principallitie', wrote Rowland Vaughan. Mary Delorme introduces the exponent of an early irrigation system. Published in History Today, Volume: 39 Issue: 7
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Ian Bradley examines the driving forces behind the crofters' attacks on the deer forests of Skye and Lewis. Published in History Today, Volume: 37 Issue: 12
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Published in History Today, Volume: 37 Issue: 10
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'Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose'... many of the agricultural practices described in the art and literature of classical Greece persist to the present day. Published in History Today, Volume: 36 Issue: 7
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'Rude, rough and lawless' was one view of the women and children employed on the land in Victorian England. But was theirs a harsher fate than work in the factory system? |
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