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Book SynopsisJoan Thirsk was the leading English agrarian historian of the late 20th century. Perhaps best known for her research into regional farming, she also wrote much about rural industry, changing tastes and fashions, and innovations in the rural economy. This book is based on a conference held in her honor (following her death in 2013) that was intended not to look back but rather to identify Joan Thirsk's relevance for historians now, and to present new work that has been influenced and inspired by her.
Table of Contents1. Joan Thirsk at Leicester by CHRISTOPHER DYER2. Countries and pays by DAVID HEY3. Agricultural regions by JOHN BROAD4. Joan Thirsk: pays, country, transitions, and agencies by JOHN CHARTRES5. Joan Thirsk and 'The common fields' by TOM WILLIAMSON6. 'A Countrie' consisting wholly of woodland, 'bredd of Oxen and Dairies': early modern enclosure and agrarian communities in pastoral Shropshire by JAMES BOWEN7. The common fields and social relations in early modern Norfolk by NICOLA WHYTE8. Were spinners an industrial workforce in the early modern countryside? by CRAIG MULDREW9. The village shop, 1660-1760: innovation and tradition by JON STOBART10. Galloon, incle and points: fashionable dress and accessories for the non-elite in England 1550-1750 by SUSAN NORTH11. Oatcakes: farming and diet in the north midlands by MARK DAWSON12. Peter Walkden and the world of goods by RICHARD HOYLE13. End-piece by RICHARD JONES
