Malcolm Thick

Broschiertes Buch

William Ellis

Eighteenth-Century Farmer, Journalist and Entrepreneur

Beschreibung

William Ellis, who lived and farmed at Little Gaddesden in Hertfordshire in the first half of the eighteenth century (d. 1759), is an important figure in English agricultural history. In his time the most prolific writer on agriculture in England, his many works were read not only at home but also in the American colonies and continental Europe.

Autor

Malcolm Thick is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and a winner of the Sophie Coe prize for food history writing. He has published books and papers on early modern gardening, food, and agriculture, including a critically acclaimed biography of the early scientist Sir Hugh Plat and a history of market gardening around London. He also wrote the introduction to a new edition of Ellis's Country Housewife's Family Companion.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Hertfordshire Press
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 159mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 378g
• ISBN-13: 9781912260492
• ISBN-10: 1912260492
• Artikelnr.: 63627217