The Disappearance of the Small Landowner (Classic Reprint): Ford Lectures, 1909 - Couverture souple

Johnson, Arthur H.

 
9781330847459: The Disappearance of the Small Landowner (Classic Reprint): Ford Lectures, 1909

Synopsis

The Disappearance of the Small Landowner surveys how England’s small landowners declined and how this shift shaped farming, society, and policy. It also places England alongside France, Belgium, and Denmark to show similar pressures at work in Europe.

Built from lecture material, it outlines how enclosure, land laws, and economic change altered ownership and farming across centuries. It connects the rise of a commercial aristocracy to local governance, and it compares national patterns to explain why the small owner faded from the countryside.


  • How enclosure policies changed landholding patterns and farm practice.

  • The role of English land laws and inheritance in shaping property ownership.

  • Connections between agriculture, industry, and rising wealth in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

  • Comparative look at land ownership in France, Belgium, Denmark, and beyond.



Ideal for readers of economic and social history who want a clear view of long-running changes in rural England and their broader impact.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1909 edition by the Clarendon Press, Oxford.

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