Selected References on the History of English Agriculture

Excerpts from the Preface: The agricultural history of the United States is more closely related to that of Great Britain than to that of any other country. Our colonial forefathers brought with them the rural customs and practices of the Mother Country, and we as a Nation continued through the nineteenth century to look mainly to England for leadership and example in agricultural improvement. These facts, in addition to an interest in the subject itself, have consciously or unconsciously prompted the requests for information which have resulted in the preparation of this list of references on the history of English agriculture. The references in this list have been selected from an extensive unpublished bibliography in the compiler's files. Availability and utility have been factors in the choice of titles to be included. As indicated in the table of contents the list is divided into two parts: (1) a short group of bibliographies; (2) histories devoted exclusively or in part to English agricultural history. The citations are extensively annotated with excerpts from the prefaces indicating the point of view and purpose of the authors and quotations from reviews indicating their value.