"[...] It was rather late in the afternoon, some days later, when a light covered wagon drawn by a stout though rather lazy horse, could have been seen moving along the valley road among the famous Pontico Hills. Three boys dressed for rough service in the woods sat upon the seat, with Jack doing the driving just then, though both[...]".

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Product Description: “No use talking, Toby, there’s something on Jack’s mind of late, and it’s beginning to bother him a lot, I think!” “Well, Steve, you certainly give me the creeps, that’s what you do, with your mysterious hints of all sorts of trouble hanging over our heads, just as they say the famous sword of that old worthy, Damocles, used to hang by a single hair, ready to fall...read more

Product Description: This economic, social and cultural analysis of the nature and variety of production and consumption activities in households in Kent and Cornwall yields important new insights on the transition to capitalism in England.

Product Description: You're considering joining or joined the Air Force team. You desire to put your best foot forward at your new job. Maybe you already have your foot in the door and feel job contentment eludes you. "March in step"-work as a team-with Chief Master Sergeant Mark Overton's proven strategies of success to "close ranks"-get ahead in your career...read more

This book is the first available survey of English agriculture between 1500 and 1850. Written specifically for students, it combines new material with an analysis of the existing literature. It describes farming in the sixteenth century, analyzes the reasons for improvements in agricultural output and productivity, and examines changes in the agrarian economy and society. Professor Overton argues that the impact of these related changes in productivity and social and economic structure in the century after 1750 amount to an agricultural revolution.

Product Description: This volume of essays on agrarian history is the result of a conference held by the Rockefeller Foundation in Italy in 1988, during which participants discussed agricultural productivity in relation to the European economy of the past...read more