Edition |
First American edition. |
Description |
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 x 36 cm |
Note |
Some pages lift-up to reveal changing activities inside the farm buildings. |
Contents |
Clearing the land, 800 -- Shearing time, 1000 -- Hedging and ditching, 1200 -- The new house, 1300 -- Harvest home, 1500 -- The new farmhouse, 1700 -- Off to market, 1800 -- The dairy, 1850 -- Steam power, 1900 -- The modern farm, 2000. |
Summary |
Follow the history of a farm as it develops from a small piece of land rented from the local lord of the manor in the 9th century, into a large, mechanized farm of the 21st century. A portrait of country people, a changing landscape, and of disappearing crafts. |
Subject |
Family farms -- History -- Juvenile literature.
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Farm life -- History -- Juvenile literature.
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Farm life -- History.
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Added Author |
Wilkes, Angela.
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ISBN |
0789479028 |
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