English Peasantry

1874. Heath has put together a text that outlines the general condition of the English peasantry as to wages, cottage rents, piece work, privileges, truck, pauperism, etc. The facts have been very carefully extracted from the Reports of the Commission on the Employment of Women and Children in Agriculture, and from the Poor Law Returns. Contents: General Condition of the English Peasantry; Peasant Life in the West of England in 1872; Among the Peasantry in 1873; Education; The Work of Canon Girdlestone; The Necessity for Union; Joseph Arch; The National Agricultural Labourers' Union; The Grievances of the Farmers; Agricultural Children; Serious Depopulation of the Rural Districts in the West of England; The Attitude of the Church; Emigration; and The Future of the English Peasantry.Heath, Francis George is the author of 'English Peasantry' with ISBN 9781417921874 and ISBN 1417921870.