The Farmer's Tools: 1500-1900: The History Of British Farm Implements, Tools And Machinery Before The Tractor Came
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Edition: First Edition Thus
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Long before the roar of the tractor engine transformed the British countryside, generations of farmers shaped the land with an extraordinary arsenal of hand-crafted implements — and The Farmer's Tools: 1500-1900 presents the definitive chronicle of that vanished world. G. E. Fussell meticulously documents four centuries of British agricultural ingenuity, tracing the evolution of ploughs, harrows, sickles, threshing machines, and countless other instruments that sustained rural life from the Tudor era to the dawn of the modern age. The work stands as an authoritative survey of pre-industrial farm technology, drawing on historical records, estate inventories, and agricultural literature to reconstruct the material culture of the British farming community with remarkable precision. Fussell writes with the commanding authority of a seasoned agricultural historian, weaving technical detail into a broader narrative about the relationship between tool-making and social change in the British countryside. His study illuminates how incremental improvements in farm machinery quietly revolutionised land productivity and labour practices across the centuries, connecting the craftsman's workshop to the wider sweep of economic history. A landmark reference for historians, collectors, and anyone captivated by the ingenuity of pre-industrial Britain, this volume leaves the reader wondering just how much of the modern world was forged not by grand invention, but by the slow, patient refinement of a farmer's most essential tools.
Author: G. E. Fussell
Format: Hardback
Published: 1952, Andrew Melrose, London
Genre: British & Irish history
Edition: First Edition Thus
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Long before the roar of the tractor engine transformed the British countryside, generations of farmers shaped the land with an extraordinary arsenal of hand-crafted implements — and The Farmer's Tools: 1500-1900 presents the definitive chronicle of that vanished world. G. E. Fussell meticulously documents four centuries of British agricultural ingenuity, tracing the evolution of ploughs, harrows, sickles, threshing machines, and countless other instruments that sustained rural life from the Tudor era to the dawn of the modern age. The work stands as an authoritative survey of pre-industrial farm technology, drawing on historical records, estate inventories, and agricultural literature to reconstruct the material culture of the British farming community with remarkable precision. Fussell writes with the commanding authority of a seasoned agricultural historian, weaving technical detail into a broader narrative about the relationship between tool-making and social change in the British countryside. His study illuminates how incremental improvements in farm machinery quietly revolutionised land productivity and labour practices across the centuries, connecting the craftsman's workshop to the wider sweep of economic history. A landmark reference for historians, collectors, and anyone captivated by the ingenuity of pre-industrial Britain, this volume leaves the reader wondering just how much of the modern world was forged not by grand invention, but by the slow, patient refinement of a farmer's most essential tools.