By the book? : farming manuals, animal breeding and the English 'agricultural revolution'
English pastoral husbandry has been largely neglected by previous historians. It is generally agreed that the mid-eighteenth century saw a revolution in breeding practices, moving livestock husbandry from hopeless confusion to a controlled, 'scientific' selection for marketable traits. Th...
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University of British Columbia
2011
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/31005 |