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Author Thomas, Eric.

Title A farm through time / illustrated by Eric Thomas ; written by Angela Wilkes.

Publication Info. New York : Dorling Kindersley Pub., 2001.

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Location Call No. Status
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Children's Department  J630.9 WILKES    Check Shelf
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.
Farm life -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Farm life -- History.
Added Author Wilkes, Angela.
ISBN 0789479028
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