THE PRE BRENNER DEBATE
by R.H. Tawney
Publication date 1912
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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