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ISBN: 9781487563547 , 9783110993899

Content: Between 1760 and 1860, the English countryside was subject to constant attempts at agricultural improvement. Most often these meant depriving cottagers and rural workers of access to land they could cultivate, despite evidence that they were the most productive farmers in a country constantly short of food. Drawing from a wide range of contemporary sources, Apostles of Inequality argues that such attempts, driven by a flawed faith in the wonders of capital, did little to increase agricultural productivity and instead led to a century of increasing impoverishment in rural England. Jim Handy rejects the assertions about the benefits that accompanied the transition to "improved" agriculture and details the abundant evidence for the efficiency of smallholder, peasant agriculture. He traces the development of both economic theory and government policy through the work of agricultural improver Arthur Young (1741-1820), government advisor Nassau William Senior (1790-1864), and the editors and writers of the Economist, as well as Adam Smith and Thomas Robert Malthus. Apostles of Inequality demonstrates how a fascination with capital - promoted by political economy and farmers' desires to have a labour force completely dependent on wage labour - fostered widespread destitution in rural England for over a century.

Note: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Acknowledgments -- , Foreword -- , Chapter One. Introduction: "The Multiplication of Wretchedness" -- , PART ONE Arthur Young, the Agricultural Revolution, and the Spread of Poverty -- , Chapter Two "The Yoke of Improvement" -- , Chapter Three "The Enchantment of Property" -- , Chapter Four "A Rooted Hatred Between the Rich and the Poor" -- , PART TWO Political Economy and "the Great Lottery of Life" -- , Chapter Five. Political Economy and the Rural Poor -- , Chapter Six. Nassau Senior and the New Poor Laws -- , PART THREE The Economist and a Political Economy "Ordained by Providence" -- , Chapter Seven. The Economist: "The most elementary truths" -- , Chapter Eight. Bad Farming - The Ghost of a Dead Monopoly -- , Chapter Nine. Ireland: "They Lie Beyond the Pale" -- , Chapter Ten. Cooked Land, Cotton, and Slavery -- , Chapter Eleven. Conclusion: "The Home-made Civilization of the Rural English" -- , Notes -- , Bibliography -- , Index , Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. , In English.

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DOI: 10.3138/9781487563547

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Format: 1 Online-Ressource (303 Seiten)

ISBN: 9781487563547

Content: Apostles of Inequality explores how changes to land use and ideas about political economy in late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth-century England drove cottagers from the land and impoverished rural workers

Note: Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources , Cover -- Half-Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- 1. Introduction: "The Multiplication of Wretchedness" -- PART ONE: Arthur Young, the Agricultural Revolution, and the Spread of Poverty -- 2. "The Yoke of Improvement" -- 3. "The Enchantment of Property" -- 4. "A Rooted Hatred Between the Rich and the Poor" -- PART TWO: Political Economy and "the Great Lottery of Life" -- 5. Political Economy and the Rural Poor -- 6. Nassau Senior and the New Poor Laws -- PART THREE: The Economist and a Political Economy "Ordained by Providence" -- 7. The Economist: "The Most Elementary Truths" -- 8. Bad Farming - The Ghost of a Dead Monopoly -- 9. Ireland: "They Lie Beyond the Pale" -- 10. Cooked Land, Cotton, and Slavery -- 11. Conclusion: "The Home-made Civilization of the Rural English" -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Handy, Jim Apostles of Inequality Toronto : University of Toronto Press,c2022 ISBN 9781487563530

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ISBN: 9781487563547 , 9781487563554

Content: Apostles of Inequality explores how changes to land use and ideas about political economy in late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth-century England drove cottagers from the land and impoverished rural workers.

Content: Cover -- Half-Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- 1. Introduction: "The Multiplication of Wretchedness" -- PART ONE: Arthur Young, the Agricultural Revolution, and the Spread of Poverty -- 2. "The Yoke of Improvement" -- 3. "The Enchantment of Property" -- 4. "A Rooted Hatred Between the Rich and the Poor" -- PART TWO: Political Economy and "the Great Lottery of Life" -- 5. Political Economy and the Rural Poor -- 6. Nassau Senior and the New Poor Laws -- PART THREE: The Economist and a Political Economy "Ordained by Providence" -- 7. The Economist: "The Most Elementary Truths" -- 8. Bad Farming - The Ghost of a Dead Monopoly -- 9. Ireland: "They Lie Beyond the Pale" -- 10. Cooked Land, Cotton, and Slavery -- 11. Conclusion: "The Home-made Civilization of the Rural English" -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

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Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Handy, Jim, 1952 - Apostles of inequality Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2022 ISBN 9781487563530

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