Agricultural enlightenment : knowledge, technology, and nature, 1750-1840 / Peter M. Jones.
Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015Description: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white).Content type: text | still image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780191784293 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Agriculture -- Europe -- History -- 18th century | Enlightenment -- EuropeAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780198716075DDC classification: 630.9409033 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: 'Agricultural Enlightenment' explores the modernization of the rural economy in Europe through the lens of the Enlightenment. It focuses on the second half of the eighteenth century and emphasises the role of useful knowledge in the process of agrarian change and agricultural development.Item type | Current library | Class number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
'Agricultural Enlightenment' explores the modernization of the rural economy in Europe through the lens of the Enlightenment. It focuses on the second half of the eighteenth century and emphasises the role of useful knowledge in the process of agrarian change and agricultural development.
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