Bound to the Soil. A Social History of Dorset 1750-1918.

KERR, BARBARA:

Published by John Baker, 1968 1st edition

About this Item

Hardback. Size 9 x 5.5 inches. In green cloth covers with gilt to spine and red label. With illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; some minor rubbing to corners, spine a little faded, some minor rubbing near top of spine. Price clipped). Cloth clean, corners slightly bumped. No penned inscriptions. A Else a very clean and tight copy. 287pp. 80 b&w photo plates and illustrations in text. Shows that until the eve of the first world war, tradesmen, clergy and manufacturers, as well as land-labourers, were held in bondage to the soil. Much of the book is based not only on documents but also on the reminiscences of old people who remember the self-contained life of rural communities. Period and contemporary photographs, and drawings by the author?s family make up the book?s hundred illustrations. Seller Inventory # 79975

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Title: Bound to the Soil. A Social History of ...

Publisher: John Baker, 1968 1st edition