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CLOSE TO THE EARTH

by Judith Cook

Published by Routledge & Kegan Paul. 1st. 1984

Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper. Living Social History of the British Isles. B/w photos.

ISBN: 0710096348
Stock no. 598349

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Contents

  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Part 1: OUT OF THE EARTH
  • 1 The oldest craft
  • 2 The tinners
  • 3 Dying for coal
  • 4 Baddesley miners
  • 5 Working for the slate
  • Part 2: COASTAL WATERS
  • 6 Singing the fishing
  • 7 The great Newlyn Fishing Battle
  • 8 The silver darlings
  • 9 Mending the nets
  • 10 Oysters and crabs
  • 11 Colliers, cockles and coracles
  • 12 The islanders
  • Part 3: ON THE LAND
  • 13 A farmer's wife
  • 14 The little old boys
  • 15 In service - the poacher's wife
  • 16 The Dartmoor man
  • 17 Brewing in a London village
  • Bibliography

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