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edited by Jacqueline Cooper and Dr. Jeremy Burchardt

This important new book, published with the generous assistance of the Marc Fitch Fund and the outcome of work by members of the Family & Community Historical Research Society, will change the way historians will look at 19th century allotments. This book offers important new evidence about the history of 19th century allotments, and shows how deeply embedded they were in rural society. Based on a nationwide research project, Breaking New Ground reveals that allotments were numerous and widespread, cherished not only by agricultural labourers, but also by tradesmen, artisans and industrial workers. They were not just a means of alleviating poverty, but a major institution of Victorian village life. The fifteen chapters include detailed local studies of how allotments developed all over England - in East Anglia, the West Country, southern England, the Midlands and elsewhere. Aspects of allotment history, little explored before, come under the spotlight: the moral dimension of allotment rules, the link between allotments and riots, the intervention of paternalistic employers and the people’s desire for allotments to replace lost rights of common. View inside this book! Chapter list and foreword by Kate Tiller    Subject Index

Allotments Historical Data Collection Companion to the book, and included within the purchase price, is a CD containing a database of over 3,000 allotment sites, by far the most comprehensive yet published, and nearly 1,000 allotment tenants, that will be of particular interest to local and family historians. The CD ROM contains the following data. Combined Allotments Database in Microsoft Access (TM) format; Combined Allotments Database in Microsoft Excel (TM) format; Allotments Rules spreadsheet; Allotments Tenants spreadsheet; List of Allotment Societies (PDF); Field Codes (PDF) The CD ROM has been tested on the following PC Operating Systems. Windows XP/Vista/7 Microsoft Access version 2003 is required to open and view with full functionality the database. Microsoft Excel version 2003 is required to open and view with full functionality the spreadsheets Open Office Org v3 will open the database tables only. Open Office Org v3 will open the spreadsheets Adobe Reader is require to open the List of Allotment Societies (PDF); Field Codes (PDF) and the User Guides contained on the CD ROM. Get Adobe Reader now The CD ROM Allotments Historical Data Collection is not compatible with Apple "Mac" personal computers and operating system.

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