Wednesday, April 24, 2019


THE PRE BRENNER DEBATE




by R.H. Tawney

Publication date 1912


CONTENTS 
Introduction 1 

PART I.—THE SMALL LANDHOLDER 
The Rural Population— (a) 
The Classes of Landholders . . .19 (5) 
The Freeholders 27 (c) 
The Customary Tenants . . . 40
 II. The Peasantry — (a) The Variety of Conditions . . . .55 
( b) The Consolidation of Peasant Holdings . 57
 (c) The Growth op a Land Market among the Peasants 72 
III. The Peasantry { continued)— 
{d) The Economic Environment of the Small Cultivator ....... 98 17. 
The Peasantry {continued)— {e) Signs op Change 136 
The Growth of Competitive^ Rents on New Allotments 139 
{g) The Progress of Enclosure among the Peasantry 147

 PART II.—THE TRANSITION TO CAPITALIST AGRICULTURE
 I. The New Rural Economy — (a) Motives and Causes 177
 {b) The Growth op the Large Leasehold Farm 200
 (c) Enclosure and Conversion by the Manorial Authorities 213 
II. The Reaction of the Agrarian Changes on the Peasantry —
 (a) The Removing of Landmarks. . . .231
 (b) The Struggle fob the Commons . . .237
 (c) The Engrossing of Holdings and Displacement OF Tenants . *. . . .253 
(1) The Agrarian Changes and the Poor Law .,^266
 III. The Question of Tenant Right — 
(a) The Tenants at Will and the Leaseholders 281
 (b) The Copyholders 287
 (c) The Undermining of Customary Tenures . 

PART III.—THE OUTCOME OF THE AGRARIAN REVOLUTION
 I. The Agrarian Problem and the State — 
(a) T^ Political and Social Importance op the Peasantry 313
 (b) Legislation and Administration . . .351
 (c) Success and Failure of State Intervention 377
 II. General Conclusions 401 
Appendix I 410 
Appendix II 422 Index 437



Richard Henry "R. H.Tawney (/ˈtɔːni/; 30 November 1880 – 16 January 1962) was an English economic historian,[1][2]social critic,[3][4] ethical socialist,[5] Christian socialist,[6] and an important proponent of adult education.[8][9]

The Oxford Companion to British History (1997) explained that Tawney made a "significant impact" in all four of these "interrelated roles".[10] A. L. Rowse goes further by insisting that "Tawney exercised the widest influence of any historian of his time, politically, socially and, above all, educationally".[11]

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