Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- List of tables
- Preface
- List of abbreviations
- 1 Debates about underdraining
- 2 The need for underdraining in the nineteenth century
- 3 The intensity and location of underdraining, 1845–1899
- 4 The temporal pattern of underdraining in the nineteenth century
- 5 Capital provision and the management of the improvement
- 6 The success of underdraining as an agricultural improvement
- 7 Findings about underdraining
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- List of tables
- Preface
- List of abbreviations
- 1 Debates about underdraining
- 2 The need for underdraining in the nineteenth century
- 3 The intensity and location of underdraining, 1845–1899
- 4 The temporal pattern of underdraining in the nineteenth century
- 5 Capital provision and the management of the improvement
- 6 The success of underdraining as an agricultural improvement
- 7 Findings about underdraining
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1989