{"product_id":"the-autobiography-of-arthur-young-with-selections-from-his-correspondence-paperback-9781108047746","title":"The Autobiography of Arthur Young; With Selections from his Correspondence (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108047746","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Autobiography of Arthur Young\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eWith Selections from his Correspondence\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished in 1898, these are the memoirs and selected correspondence of one of the most important eighteenth-century agriculturalists and social commentators.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eArthur Young (Author), Matilda Betham-Edwards (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108047746, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 10 May 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e508 pages, 5 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.9 cm, 0.64 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\"\u003eArthur Young (1741–1820) was one of the most important agriculturalists and social commentators of the eighteenth century. The account of his journeys around France (1787–9), also published in this series, remains a vital source for understanding the conditions of rural France on the cusp of revolution. The reports produced on agriculture in the English counties when he was Secretary to the Board of Agriculture from 1793 remain valuable historical sources of farming practices at the end of the eighteenth century. In later life, under the influence of his friend William Wilberforce, he became increasingly concerned at the effects of population growth and rising prices upon the rural poor in Britain. These memoirs, published in 1898, are of 'an untiring experimentalist and dreamer of economic dreams … a brilliant man of society and the world', and they give detail to 'a life singularly interesting and singularly sad'.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Childhood and youth, 1741–59\u003cbr\u003e 2. Farming and marriage, 1759–66\u003cbr\u003e 3. In search of a living, 1767–75\u003cbr\u003e 4. Ireland, 1770–8\u003cbr\u003e 5. Farming and experiments, 1779–82\u003cbr\u003e 6. First glimpse of France, 1783–5\u003cbr\u003e 7. First French journey, 1786–7\u003cbr\u003e 8. Travel and international friendships, 1788–89–90\u003cbr\u003e 9. Patriotic proposals, 1791–2\u003cbr\u003e 10. The Board of Agriculture, 1793\u003cbr\u003e 11. The Secretaryship, 1794–95–96\u003cbr\u003e 12. Illness and death of Bobbin, 1797\u003cbr\u003e 13. Diary and correspondence, 1798, 1799, 1800\u003cbr\u003e 14. Diary continued, 1801–3\u003cbr\u003e 15. Approaching blindness, 1804–7\u003cbr\u003e 16. Last years, 1808–20\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Social \u0026amp; cultural history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social \u0026amp; cultural history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20\u0026amp;%20cultural%20history%20%5BHBTB%5D%22\"\u003eHBTB\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":46266085048600,"sku":"9781108047746","price":42.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108047746i.jpg?v=1696746792","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-autobiography-of-arthur-young-with-selections-from-his-correspondence-paperback-9781108047746","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}