{"product_id":"apostles-of-inequality-rural-poverty-political-economy-and-the-economist-1760-1860-hardback-9781487563530","title":"Apostles of Inequality; Rural Poverty, Political Economy, and the Economist, 1760-1860 (Hardback) 9781487563530","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eApostles of Inequality\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eRural Poverty, Political Economy, and the Economist, 1760-1860\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJim Handy (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487563530\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 1 June 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e302 pages, 6 b\u0026amp;w illustrations\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.9 x 2.3 cm, 0.54 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\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eBetween 1760 and 1860, the English countryside was subject to constant attempts at agricultural improvement. Most often these meant depriving cottagers and rural workers of access to land they could cultivate, despite evidence that they were the most productive farmers in a country constantly short of food.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDrawing from a wide range of contemporary sources, \u003ci\u003eApostles of Inequality\u003c\/i\u003e argues that such attempts, driven by a flawed faith in the wonders of capital, did little to increase agricultural productivity and instead led to a century of increasing impoverishment in rural England. Jim Handy rejects the assertions about the benefits that accompanied the transition to \"improved\" agriculture and details the abundant evidence for the efficiency of smallholder, peasant agriculture. He traces the development of both economic theory and government policy through the work of agricultural improver Arthur Young (1741–1820), government advisor Nassau William Senior (1790–1864), and the editors and writers of the\u003ci\u003e Economist\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as Adam Smith and Thomas Robert Malthus.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eApostles of Inequality\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates how a fascination with capital – promoted by political economy and farmers\u0026amp;#x2019; desires to have a labour force completely dependent on wage labour – fostered widespread destitution in rural England for over a century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Introduction: \"The Multiplication of Wretchedness\" \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart I: Arthur Young, the Agricultural Revolution, and the Spread of Poverty \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. \"The Yoke of Improvement\" \u003cbr\u003e3. \"The Enchantment of Property\" \u003cbr\u003e4. \"A Rooted Hatred Between the Rich and the Poor\" \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart II: Political Economy and \"the Great Lottery of Life\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Political Economy and the Rural Poor \u003cbr\u003e6. Nassau Senior and the New Poor Laws \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart III: The Economist and a Political Economy \"Ordained by Providence\" \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. The Economist: \"The Most Elementary Truths\"\u003cbr\u003e8. Bad Farming: The Ghost of a Dead Monopoly\u003cbr\u003e9. Ireland: \"They Lie Beyond the Pale\" \u003cbr\u003e10. Cooked Land, Cotton, and Slavery \u003cbr\u003e11. Conclusion: \"The Home-made Civilization of the Rural English\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52739409674520,"sku":"9781487563530","price":39.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/apostles-of-inequality-rural-poverty-political-economy-and-the-economist-1760-1860-hardback-9781487563530","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}