Themes and Debates in Modern Agrarian History

1.    The disappearance of the English peasant 

2.    English landlordism – an exceptional phenomenon? 

3.    Feeding the nation in war and peace since Napoleon 

4.    How successful was Victorian farming? 

5.    From the Corn Laws to the Common Agricultural Policy - why protect the farming industry? 

6.    Businessmen becoming landowners -  the erosion of the British entrepreneurial spirit? 

7.    From family farm to agribusiness 

8.    The present challenges: environmental concerns, organic and GM produce, animal disease