Modern History
The village labourer, 1760-1832 / A study in the government of England before the Reform Bill
J. L. Hammond · narrated by Moss
2026
21h 19m
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J. L. Hammond's classic study of the English farm worker between 1760 and 1832, and how enclosure and reform stripped away his old rights. It is a powerful account of rural poverty and power before the Reform Bill. Foundational social history that reshaped how Britain understood its own countryside.
Inside this audiobook
26 chapters
- 1PREFACE5m
- 2CHAPTER I THE CONCENTRATION OF POWER1h 18m
- 3CHAPTER II THE VILLAGE BEFORE ENCLOSURE50m
- 4CHAPTER III ENCLOSURE (1)1h 10m
- 5Chapter 612m
- 6CHAPTER IV ENCLOSURE (2)1h 18m
- 7CHAPTER V THE VILLAGE AFTER ENCLOSURE24m
- 8CHAPTER VI THE LABOURER IN 179548m
- 9CHAPTER VII THE REMEDIES OF 17951h 7m
- 10Allotments53m
- 11CHAPTER VIII AFTER SPEENHAMLAND1h 25m
- 12Chapter 1438m
- 13CHAPTER IX THE ISOLATION OF THE POOR56m
- 14CHAPTER X THE VILLAGE IN 183045m
- 15CHAPTER XI THE LAST LABOURERS’ REVOLT1h 17m
- 16Chapter 1821m
- 17CHAPTER XII THE LAST LABOURERS’ REVOLT1h 26m
- 18Chapter 201h 18m
- 19CHAPTER XIII CONCLUSION25m
- 20APPENDIX A (1)1h 21m
- 21APPENDIX A (6)1h 15m
- 22APPENDIX A (10)1h 3m
- 23CHIEF AUTHORITIES9m
- 24Chapter 2726m
- 25Chapter 2822m
- 26Chapter 296m
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