William Ellis (Paperback)

Langue : anglais

Edité par University of Hertfordshire Press, Hatfield, 2022

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Paperback. William Ellis, who lived and farmed at Little Gaddesden in Hertfordshire in the first half of the eighteenth century (d. 1759), is an important figure in English agricultural history. In his time the most prolific writer on agriculture in England, his many works were read not only at home but also in the American colonies and continental Europe. Ellis was essentially an agricultural journalist, then a relatively new occupation. He wrote about his own life as well as those of the ordinary people of Little Gaddesden and further afield he travelled extensively throughout the southern half of England. Most of his copy was derived from conversations he had had with farmers, their wives and other rural folk, the sheer immediacy of his books outshining those of his rivals.Elliss style was discursive, particularly so in The Country Housewifes Family Companion (1750). As well as providing a compendium of household management, cookery and medicine, Ellis delighted in relaying gossip. He included the activities of farmers, wives and maids, labourers, travellers and beggars, as well as the gentry and aristocracy, rich pickings for social historians.Ellis also used his books to advertise his business as a supplier of agricultural instruments, seeds, plants, trees and fowls, an innovative approach. The Swedish botanist Pehr Kalm visited Little Gaddesden in 1748 to inspect Elliss farming and the various farm implements he advertised for sale. The two men didnt warm to each other, but Kalms independent observations add to what we know about Ellis.Piecing together the scant facts about Elliss early life, Malcolm Thick has uncovered new information on his time before he commenced farming, and unravelled some of the complexities of his two marriages. The books central focus is on Elliss agricultural writings, which provide a fascinating picture of rural life in the period and shed light on the evolution of English farming. This is the first book about Ellis for over sixty years and the first to consider him fully in the round as a farmer, an active member of his community, an innovative salesman and a wonderfully curious mind. William Ellis, who lived and farmed at Little Gaddesden in Hertfordshire in the first half of the eighteenth century (d. 1759), is an important figure in English agricultural history. In his time the most prolific writer on agriculture in England, his many works were read not only at home but also in the American colonies and continental Europe. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. …

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Titre
William Ellis (Paperback)
Auteur
Malcolm Thick
Éditeur
University of Hertfordshire Press, Hatfield
Année de publication
2022
État de l'article
new
Reliure
Paperback
Langue
anglais
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1912260492
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9781912260492

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