Title The enclosure of knowledge : books, power and agrarian capitalism in Britain, 1660-1800 / James D. Fisher

Published Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022

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Description 1 online resource (1 volume) Contents Introduction: Pen over plough -- Rethinking agricultural books, knowledge and labour -- Learning without books : the mystery of husbandry -- Standing on the shoulders of peasants : the appropriation of the art of husbandry -- Learning without labour : codification and managerial knowledge -- Dividing head & hand : gentleman farmers, agriculturists and expertise -- Monopolising knowledge : professionalisation, education and stewards -- The master should know more : book-farming, power and resistance -- Conclusion: New histories of knowledge Summary Challenges the dominant narrative of an agricultural 'enlightenment', showing how farming books appropriated traditional knowledge in pre-industrial Britain Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Agricultural literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century Agriculture publishing -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- Great Britain -- 18th century Land tenure -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century Books and reading -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century Literacy -- Economic aspects -- Great Britain -- 18th century Capitalism -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain -- General. Agricultural literature Agriculture -- Economic aspects Agriculture publishing Books and reading Capitalism Economic history Intellectual life Land tenure Literacy -- Economic aspects SUBJECT Great Britain -- Economic conditions -- 18th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056673 Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 18th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056855 Subject Great Britain Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781009049283 1009049283

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