18th century
19th century
A01=Barbara Hammond
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agricultural labourers
agriculture
Author_Barbara Hammond
Author_J.L. Hammond
Category=JBSA
common lands
early 19th century
early nineteenth century
eighteenth century
enclosure
enclosure acts
england
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hierarchical society
labourer
late 18th century
late eighteenth century
nineteenth century
society
Product details
- ISBN 9781845880569
- Weight: 720g
- Dimensions: 156 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 29 Jul 2005
- Publisher: Nonsuch Publishing
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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The Village Labourer is a detailed and compelling account of the implementation of the Enclosure Acts of the late 18th and early 19th centuries and the disastrous effects that the enclosure of the common lands had on agricultural labourers in England. It is a forceful and moving indictment of hierarchical British society.
John Lawrence Hammond (1872-1949) was a journalist, leader-writer and editor for a variety of publications until 1907, when he was appointed secretary to the Civil Service Commission. He was a special correspondent for the Manchester Guardian at the Versailles peace conference, and remained associated with the newspaper throughout the rest of his life. In 1901 Hammond married (Lucy) Barbara Bradby (1873-1961). Together they wrote numerous histories and biographies, including The Village Labourer (1911), The Town Labourer (1917) and The Skilled Labourer (1919); Liberals rather than Socialists, they were nonetheless attacked for promoting the left-wing view that the Industrial Revolution had created social misery for the working classes.
