{"product_id":"a-years-residence-in-the-united-states-of-america-treating-of-the-face-of-the-country-the-climate-the-soil-of-the-expenses-of-housekeeping-of-the-manners-and-customs-of-the-people-and-of-the-institutions-of-the-count-paperback-9781108032704","title":"A Year's Residence in the United States of America; Treating of the Face of the Country, the Climate, the Soil... of the Expenses of Housekeeping... of the Manners and Customs of the People; and, of the Institutions o… (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108032704","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Year's Residence in the United States of America\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eTreating of the Face of the Country, the Climate, the Soil... of the Expenses of Housekeeping... of the Manners and Customs of the People; and, of the Institutions of the Country...\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe English political reformer William Cobbett (1763–1835) discusses the practicalities of farming in America in this 1818–9 publication.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eWilliam Cobbett (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108032704, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 22 September 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e630 pages, 1 map\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 3.6 cm, 0.79 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eWilliam Cobbett (1763–1835) was an English farmer and political reformer. He is best known for his Rural Rides (1830), also reissued in this series, which documents the life of nineteenth-century British agricultural workers and calls for social change. In 1816–7 Cobbett campaigned energetically for parliamentary reform, but when new anti-Radical legislation was passed he fled to North America and settled on a Long Island farm. This book, first published in 1818 and reissued here in its second edition (1819), contains Cobbett's account of his year in exile. It describes the climate, soil and crops he observed and the vegetables he grew, as well as the economics of farming in America. Part 2 discusses American customs, laws, and religion. Part 3 contains a description of the mid-West by Thomas Hulme, followed by Cobbett's rebuttal of Hulme's view of the 'Western Countries' as a desirable destination for emigrant British farmers.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePart I: General preface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Description of the situation and extent of Long Island, and also of the face of the country, and an account of the climate, seasons, and soil\u003cbr\u003e 2. Ruta Baga. Culture, mode of preserving, and uses of the Ruta Baga, sometimes called the Russian, and sometimes the Swedish, turnip\u003cbr\u003e Part II: Dedication\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e 3. Experiments as to cabbages\u003cbr\u003e 4. Earth-burning\u003cbr\u003e 5. Transplanting Indian corn\u003cbr\u003e 6. Swedish turnips\u003cbr\u003e 7. Potatoes\u003cbr\u003e 8. Cows, sheep, hogs, and poultry\u003cbr\u003e 9. Prices of land, labour, working cattle, husbandry implements\u003cbr\u003e 10. Expenses of housekeeping\u003cbr\u003e 11. Manners, customs, and character of the people\u003cbr\u003e 12. Rural sports\u003cbr\u003e 13. Paupers and beggars\u003cbr\u003e 14. Government, laws, and religion\u003cbr\u003e Part III: Dedication\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Mr. Hulme's introduction to his journal\u003cbr\u003e Mr. Hulme's journal, made during a tour in the western countries of America, in which tour he visited Mr. Birkbeck's settlement\u003cbr\u003e Mr. Cobbett's letters to Mr. Birkbeck, remonstrating with that gentleman on the numerous delusions, contained in his two publications, entitled 'Notes on a Journey in America' and 'Letters from Illinois'\u003cbr\u003e Postscript, being the details of an experiment made in the cultivation of the Ruta Baga\u003cbr\u003e Second postscript, a refutation of Fearon's falsehoods.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of the Americas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of the Americas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20the%20Americas%20%5BHBJK%5D%22\"\u003eHBJK\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266032783640,"sku":"9781108032704","price":42.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108032704i.jpg?v=1694873683","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-years-residence-in-the-united-states-of-america-treating-of-the-face-of-the-country-the-climate-the-soil-of-the-expenses-of-housekeeping-of-the-manners-and-customs-of-the-people-and-of-the-institutions-of-the-count-paperback-9781108032704","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}