Agency and environment in the transition to a productivist farming regime in England and Wales, 1939-50

Contemporary Rural Geographies: Land, property and Resources in Britain: Essays in Honour of Richard Munton

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 21-42

  Short, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

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