Titlebook: Working the Land; A History of the Far Nicola Verdon Book 2017 The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017 Agriculture.Farming.Agr

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Farm Labour and the Second World Warand the conditions under which these men and women worked. Although work on the land still was defined by physical, hard labour and the seasonal rhythms of the agricultural calendar, the more widespread use of tractors and other machinery altered production processes. It is argued that the use of su

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Conclusion: The Contemporary Agricultural Workerer, particularly horticultural production, still rely heavily on seasonal and casual labours. This workforce traditionally was made up of local women and children, but since the late twentieth century the vast majority of casual workers have been migrants recruited from Eastern Europe and beyond. Th

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Book 2017es of farm work – the work performed, wages earned and conditions of hiring – were shaped by gender, age and region. Combining data extracted from statistical sources with personal and autobiographical accounts, it places the individual farmworker back into a broader collective history. Beginning in

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The Agricultural Labourered, and how these were shaped by region, age and gender, before the chapter moves on to consider how far, and why, these changed in the era before the First World War. The impact of new farm machinery, of agricultural depression and of changing aspirations among farmworkers all emerge as significant.

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The Postwar Yearsained, machinery and intensive farming methods changed the rhythm and character of work in the arable and livestock sectors. This chapter shows that a small number of farmworkers enjoyed job security, and for many more workers job satisfaction was high; however, for the majority, wages were kept low by the continual reduction in the workforce.

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picture alongside a more nuanced regional and local approachThis book offers a new history of the farmworker in England from 1850 to the present day. It focuses on the paid worker, considering how the experiences of farm work – the work performed, wages earned and conditions of hiring – were shaped

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Introduction: The Farmworker, Past and Present,l change and the impact of age, gender and region—are introduced, as are some of the key primary sources that inform its content, including census data, Parliamentary Papers and autobiographical writings.