The first allotment movement, c.1793-1830; the second allotment movement; allotments and rural society; towards the third allotment movement.
Dr Jeremy Burchardt is Lecturer in Rural History at the University of Reading.
A full and important study of allotments which addresses wider
rural social issues and relationships.
*HISTORY*
[The book] is about more than the early allotment movement: it is a
book about changing rural,social and class consciousness, [and]
about the creation of a social consensus and about domestic and
cultural life.
*GARDEN HISTORY*
An excellent study of the heretofore-almost-ignored allotment
movement.. The value of [this] book, for having opened to scrutiny
this little-studied facet of 19th century life, is
incontrovertible.
*ALBION*
[Makes] a compelling case for locating allotments at the heart of
the narrative of mid-nineteenth century social progress and
stability.
*AGRICULTURAL HISTORY REVIEW*
Breaks new ground as the first substantial scholarly account of
allotments in c19th England. [.] Rescue[s] allotments from their
positions at the margins of historical inquiry. Burchardt's book
makes a compelling case that allotments deserve more attention than
they have hitherto received, and sets a high standard for the
research that will surely follow.
*LANDSCAPE HISTORY*
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