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On the road again with Arthur Young : English, Irish, and French agriculture during the Industrial Revolution
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Date Issued
1998-03
Date Available
2008-07-23T11:11:04Z
Abstract
In their day Arthur Young's tours of England, Ireland, and France represented a revolutionary approach to agricultural research. Here we avail of one part of the wealth of statistical data collected by Young-that on grain yields- to provide a comparative perspective on agricultural technique and progress in these countries around 1770 to 1850. We show that, ironically, Young's carefully assembled data do not always support some of his best-remembered generalizations.
Sponsorship
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
Type of Material
Journal Article
Publisher
Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Economic History Association
Journal
The Journal of Economic History
Volume
48
Issue
1
Start Page
93
End Page
116
Copyright (Published Version)
Copyright 1998 The Economic History Association
Subject – LCSH
Agriculture--History
Young, Arthur, 1741-1820
Industrial revolution
Language
English
Status of Item
Peer reviewed
ISSN
0022-0507
This item is made available under a Creative Commons License
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