Brief Description:
Volume V of The Agrarian History (1984) was the first detailed study of agriculture and agricultural change in the period 1640 to 1750.

Table of Contents:
Part I. Regional Farming Systems: Text figures; Table; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction Joan Thirsk; Section 1. Northern England: 1. Cumberland, Westmorland, and Furness Eric J. Evans; 2. Northumberland and Durham Paul Brassley; 3. Yorkshire and Lancashire David Hey; Section 2. The Midlands: 4. The East Midlands: Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Nottinghamshire, and Lincolnshire (excluding the Fenland) G. E. Mingay; 5. The North-West Midlands: Derbyshire, Staffordshire, Cheshire, and Shropshire David Hey; 6. The South-West Midlands: Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Gloucestershire, and Herefordshire Joan Thirsk; Section 3. East Anglia, The Home Counties, and the South-East: 7. East Anglia and the Fens: Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Ely, Huntingdonshire, Essex, and the Lincolnshire Fens B. A. Holderness; 8. Metropolitan counties: Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, and Middlesex R. C. Richardson; 9. The South-East: Kent, Surrey, and Sussex Brian M. Short; Section 4. The South and South-West: 10. The South: Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, and Hampshire J. R. Wordie; 11. The South-West: Dorset, Somerset, Devon, and Cornwall Giles V. Harrison; Section 5. Wales: 12. Wales Frank Emery; Part II. Agrarian Change: 13. Agricultural prices, wages, farm profits, and rents Peter J. Bowden; 14. Landlords and estate management in England Christopher Clay; 15. Landlords and estate management in Wales David W. Howell; 16. Agricultural policy: public debate and legislation Joan Thirsk; Tithes Eric J. Evans; 17. The marketing of agricultural produce J. A. Chartres; 18. Market gardening in England and Wales Malcolm Thick; 19. Agricultural innovations and their diffusion Joan Thirsk; 20. Rural building in England M. W. Barley; 21. Rural building in Wales Peter Smith; Appendices; Select bibliography; Index.

Marc Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.;Volume 5 provides a detailed study of agriculture and agricultural change in the period 1640 to 1750. It uses original archives in local record offices throughout the kingdom, as well as central records.