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OverviewAgricultural Enlightenment explores the modernization of the rural economy in Europe through the lens of the Enlightenment. It focuses on the second half of the eighteenth century and emphasises the role of useful knowledge in the process of agrarian change and agricultural development. As such it invites economic historians to respond to the challenge issued by Joel Mokyr to look beyond quantitative data and to take seriously the argument that cultural factors, broadly understood, may have aided or hindered the evolution of agriculture in the early modern period ('what people knew and believed' had a direct bearing on their economic behaviour [Mokyr, The Enlightened Economy]). Evidence in support of the idea that a readily accessible supply of agricultural knowledge helps to explain the trajectory of the rural economy is drawn from all of the countries of Europe. The book includes two cases studies of rapid rural modernization in Scotland and Denmark where Agricultural Enlightenment was swiftly followed by full-scale Agricultural Revolution. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Peter M. Jones (Emeritus Professor, Emeritus Professor, Department of History, School of History and Cultures, University of Birmingham)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 16.20cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 24.00cm Weight: 0.554kg ISBN: 9780198716075ISBN 10: 0198716079 Pages: 282 Publication Date: 07 January 2016 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsIntroduction 1: Agriculture, Industry, and Commerce 2: The State and Agrarian Reform 3: Vectors and Agents of Knowledge Transmission 4: Diffusion in Practice: Emulation and Innovation 5: Technology in Agriculture 6: Agricultural Enlightenment and Agricultural Revolution 7: The Science of Agriculture 8: Nature and Environment Conclusion BibliographyReviewsAgricultural Enlightenment displays the qualities of an historian in complete command of his subject thanks to a fruitful career of primary research and study of the scholarly literature. Jones shows, through his careful reconstruction of the evidence, that, in the face of roughly the same slow rates of urbanization and industrialization, agricultural growth only took place in England and Holland. * H-France * This is a cautious, measured and highly informative book. It argues effectively against easy generalization and the necessity for understanding how knowledge travels. * Paul Warde (University of Cambridge), European History Quarterly, Vol. 47 * -Agricultural Enlightenment displays the qualities of an historian in complete command of his subject thanks to a fruitful career of primary research and study of the scholarly literature. Jones shows, through his careful reconstruction of the evidence, that, in the face of roughly the same slow rates of urbanization and industrialization, agricultural growth only took place in England and Holland.---H-France Author InformationPeter M. Jones is a graduate of the University of Leeds (BA) and the University of Oxford (DPhil) and has spent nearly the whole of his career as a teacher and researcher in the History Department of the University of Birmingham. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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