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Food, energy and the creation of industriousness : work and material culture in agrarian England, 1550-1780 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Muldrew, Craig, 1959-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Series:Cambridge studies in economic history.
Subjects:
Diet > England > History.
Food consumption > England > History.
Agricultural laborers > England > History.
Power resources > England > History.
Diet > history.
Food Habits.
Economies.
England.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • What did the poor eat?
  • Calories consumed by the poor
  • Labourers' household goods
  • Work and household earnings
  • Agricultural labour and the industrious revolution
  • 'Honest' and 'industrious' labourers?