CONTENTS xv 



CHAPTER VIII 



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THE SOCIAL REVOLUTION OF THE XVIIITH CENTURY . Io8 



The control of power and the squirearchy Corn laws The 

 new agriculture and its leaders Business and social intercourse 

 and sport The roads Enclosure The labourers and poverty 

 General conclusions 



PART III 

 RECONSTRUCTED RURAL ENGLAND 



CHAPTER IX 

 THE NINETEENTH CENTURY . . . '33 



Agriculture and industry The establishment of the new 

 system Class relationships Agricultural conditions in outline 

 Agriculture at the beginning of the century The artisans, 

 small-holders, etc. The labourers and William Cobbett 

 Progress in the early Victorian period The poor The labourers 

 Central and local government The Church and Dissent 

 Roads and railways Sport Conclusion 



CHAPTER X 



THE FINAL PHASE . . . . J 57 



The agricultural disaster Remedies suggested and adopted 

 The labourers and their trade unions Central and local govern- 

 ment Social changes 



APPENDIX 

 PART I 



a. THE TUN, THE VILL AND THE PARISH . .163 



t. SOCAGE TENANTS . . . . . 163 



C. NAMES OF THE VARIOUS FEATURES OF COMMON, 



ARABLE AND MEADOW LAND . . .164 



</. SOME STATISTICS RELATING TO ENCLOSURES . .164 



e. AGRICULTURAL RENTS IN MODERN TIMES . . 166 





