Agricultural sustainability and open-field farming in England, c.1650-1830

International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 124-140

  Turner, Michael ^a,b   Beckett, John ^a,b   Afton, Bethanie ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agriculture; England; Open field farming; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744479898     PISSN: 14735903     EISSN: 1747762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3763/ijas.2003.0112     Document Type: Article

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