Agricultural enlightenment : knowledge, technology, and nature, 1750-1840 /
Peter M. Jones.
- 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
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.