'Iron Harvests of the Fields'. The making of farm machinery in Britain since 1800
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- Author(s) Dewey, Peter
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2008
- Pages 352pp; illus
- Publisher Carnegie Publications
- Place Published Lancaster
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Scholarly account, based on extensive archival research, of successive generations of farm machinery and of its manufacturers in the context of national and international influences and the changing fortunes of agriculture. Much about the performance of the industry and its leading components - Ransoms, Bamfords, Blackstones, etc, etc