Cottage Economy - Brossura

Cobbett, William

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ISBN 10: 1108004075 ISBN 13: 9781108004077

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2009

Riassunto

William Cobbett (1763–1835) was at various times a soldier, a farmer, a radical activist and politician, and a journalist. At a time when the Industrial Revolution was dramatically changing the face of rural Britain, Cobbett was constantly concerned with improving the living conditions of the labouring classes. First published in 1821 as a series of pamphlets that sold over 30,000 copies, Cottage Economy demonstrates Cobbett's philosophy that the labourer should be taught industry, sobriety, frugality and 'the duty of using his best exertions for the rearing of his family'. With practical instructions, still relevant to those who seek to become self-reliant, Cobbett teaches the labouring classes of the nineteenth century the arts of brewing beer, keeping livestock, making bread, and 'other matters deemed useful in the conducting of the Affairs of a Labourer's Family.' Cottage Economy performs timelessly as the quintessential guide to self-sufficiency.

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Throughout the course of his life, Cobbett (1763–1835) was constantly concerned with improving the living conditions of the labouring classes. Performing timelessly as the quintessential guide to self-sufficiency, Cottage Economy (1821) provided practical instructions to teach labourers the arts of keeping livestock, making bread, and brewing beer.

Contenuti:

1. Introduction; 2. Brewing beer continued; 3. Making bread; 4. Making bread continued; 5. Keeping cows; 6. Keeping pigs; 7. Bees, geese, ducks, turkeys, fowls, pigeons, rabbits, goats and ewes, candles and rushes, mustard.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1108004075
• ISBN 13: 9781108004077
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 196