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Agricultural Hand Tools
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Full Title:
Agricultural Hand Tools
Contributors:
By (Author) Roy Brigden
Series:
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:
Shire Publications
Publication Date:
1st April 1983
Country:
United Kingdom
Classifications
Readership:
General
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Dewey:
631.309
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
32
Dimensions:
Width 149mm, Height 210mm
Weight:
95g
Description
A range of tools, once familiar to the farmworker, gradually became obsolete during the twentieth century. This album describes these tools and the farming processes they performed in the period before the general dominance of the tractor and combine harvester.
Author Bio
Roy Brigden is Keeper of the Museum of English Rural Life at the University of Reading. The extensive collection there of hand tools and farm equipment, together with a wealth of documentary and illustrative material, have prompted this survey.
