Farmers, Consumers, Innovators: The World of Joan Thirsk - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 1909291560 ISBN 13: 9781909291560

Casa editrice: Univ of Hertfordshire Pr, 2016

Riassunto

Joan Thirsk was the leading English agrarian historian of the late 20th century. Perhaps best known for her research into regional farming, she also wrote much about rural industry, changing tastes and fashions, and innovations in the rural economy. This book is based on a conference held in her honour (following her death in 2013) that was intended not to look back but rather to identify Joan Thirsk's relevance for historians now, and to present new work that has been influenced and inspired by her.  Some of the contributors are scholars who knew Joan, and as students were taught and supervised by her; others are younger people who know of her ideas from her publications. Thirsk's writings were informed by a sympathy for country people, which enabled her to appreciate their wisdom and common sense. The contributors to this book have been inspired by Joan Thirsk's revelation of a lively, varied and developing rural scene, and pursue themes that extend her pioneering work in new ways. Their chapters on regional differences, farming methods, conflicts over the use of land, shopping opportunities, fashion and consumption resonate with each other and present fresh insights into a world that was undergoing transformation well before the Agricultural Revolution.

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“The strength of the book... is in the combination of papers on a diverse range of related topics. As historians with the vast range of expertise that Thirsk held are very rare for most readers it will provide thought-provoking links between their own field and ones they may not have considered before.” --Ronan O'Donnell, Landscape History

“What we have here, therefore are accessible, readable, thought-provoking summaries and critiques of debates which Thirsk has been instrumental in making central to the study of rural social history, combined with practical examples of how a wide range of sources and techniques have been, and could be used by local historians to pursue the issues themselves.” --Michael Winstanley, The Local Historian

“This attractive, well-produced volume came out of a conference to celebrate the life of Joan Thirsk (1922–2013). It features contributions by those who knew Professor Thirsk well, together with papers by newer students of some of the subjects she held most dear... The book... will be of great interest to those working in agrarian and economic history.” --Jonathan Healey, Agricultural History Review

L'autore:

Christopher Dyer is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Leicester. His research covers social and economic history, archaeology, and the study of the landscape, in the middle ages in England. His most recent book was A Country Merchant (Oxford, 2012). Richard Jones is Senior Lecturer in Landscape History in the Centre for English Local History at Leicester University.  He has published on the origins of English rural settlements, place-naming, and manure.  He is currently exploring the topic of water in the English landscape past and present.

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• Editore: Univ of Hertfordshire Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1909291560
• ISBN 13: 9781909291560
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 174
• Redattore: Jones Richard, Dyer Christopher