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Mechanical innovations in Victorian agriculture spread unevenly and slowly in a time when manual labour was still plentiful and cheap. This programme follows the grain harvest examining the changes... and their effects on farming and rural life.
Mechanical innovations in Victorian agriculture spread unevenly and slowly in a time when manual labour was still plentiful and cheap. This programme follows the grain harvest examining the changes... and their effects on farming and rural life.
| Module code and title: | A102, An arts foundation course |
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| Item code: | A102; 30 |
| First transmission date: | 1987 |
| Published: | 1987 |
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| Duration: | 00:24:34 |
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| Producer: | Nick Levinson |
| Contributors: | Colin Cunningham; Gerrylynn Roberts |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Acton Scott Working Farm Museum; Agriculture; Mechanisation; Steppingley; Working horses |
| Subject terms: | Agricultural labourers--Great Britain--19th century; Agriculture--Great Britain--19th century; Farm mechanisation--19th century--Social aspects |
| Master spool number: | HOU5395 |
| Production number: | FOUA226H |
| Videofinder number: | 921 |
| Available to public: | no |
