Nature or nurture? Explaining English wheat yields in the industrial revolution, c. 1770

Journal of Economic History

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 193-225

  Brunt, Liam ^a  

^a ST JOHN S COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PERFORMANCE; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; WHEAT;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 1942499455     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0022050704002657     Document Type: Article

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