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  • English Peasant Farming

    The Agrarian history of Lincolnshire from Tudor to Recent Times

    by Joan Thirsk ...
    Series series Economic History
    English society until the mid-eighteenth century was a predominantly rural and a peasant society. Yet we know surprisingly little about peasant life. This volume originally published in 1957, presents the agrarian history of Lincolnshire from Tudor to recent times. ... Read more

    $94.81 CAD

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