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HARVESTS OF CHANGE

by Nicholas Goddard

Published by Quiller Press. 1st. 1988

Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper. The Royal Agricultural Society of England 1838-1988. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations.

Boards clean and bright. Spine bumped. A few light marks to endpapers and text block else contents fine. Yellow price-cut pictorial wrapper is heavily faded at spine and top edges.

ISBN: 0907621961
Stock no. 1801175

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Contents

  • Foreword
  • Author's Preface and Acknowledgements
  • PART I: THE FOUNDATION OF THE SOCIETY
  • Introduction
  • Antecedent Institutions
  • The Context of the Society's Formation
  • The Early Development of the Society
  • PART II: THE VICTORIAN SOCIETY
  • 'Storm Centres' of Innovation - the Early Royal Shows
  • 'Breaking the Closed-circuit' - the Journal and Agricultural Science
  • Agricultural Consultancy
  • Some Issues and Controversies
  • The Later Nineteenth Century
  • PART III: FROM PARK ROYAL TO STONELEIGH 1903-1963
  • The Failure of Park Royal
  • From the First World War to the Centenary Show 1914-1939
  • The Society in Wartime
  • Post-war Resumption of Activities
  • Post-war Research and Education
  • The Character of the Post-war shows 1947-1962
  • The Route to a Permanent Showground
  • 'A Great New Concept'
  • PART IV: THE SOCIETY AT STONELEIGH: THE FIRST TWENTY-FIVE YEARS
  • Establishment of Stoneleigh
  • The Development of the National Agricultural Centre
  • Demonstrations and Technology Transfer at Stoneleigh
  • Royal Shows at Stoneleigh: From Summer Pageant to International Agricultural Exposition
  • Education: The Rural Community and Environment; the Society's 'Learned Role'
  • The Sesquicentenary of the RASE
  • Notes and References
  • Appendices
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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