'Medieval working practices'? British agriculture and the return of the gangmaster

Journal of Peasant Studies

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 313-340

  Brass, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; WORKING CONDITIONS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 3242663736     PISSN: 03066150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0306615042000224339     Document Type: Article

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