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  Agriculture in England and Scotland 1700–1800

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  Agriculture in England and Scotland 1700–1800

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  The practice of enclosing agricultural land began with the Tudors, but escalated rapidly during the 18th century (from 39 Acts in the 1730s to 660 in the 1770s). The measure promoted greater efficiency, and opened the way to mechanization, with the cause of greater productivity espoused by a wave of... More
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  Champagne Region 2017

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  Champagne Region 2017

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  In 1911 the champagne riots saw the town of Ay burnt to the ground and the military occupation of the region by 40,000 troops. The rioting arose through a succession of poor harvests exacerbated by the aphid blight Phylloxera. With appellation controls in place, the major champagne houses imported foreign... More
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  Hopeton Plantation, Georgia

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  Hopeton Plantation, Georgia

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  William Hopeton received 2,000 acres of land abutting the Altamaha River as a colonial grant in 1763. In 1805, the land was purchased by two Scots cotton planters, James Hamilton and John Couper, and in 1818, the son of the latter, James Hamilton Couper became the estate manager. Under his... More
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  Significant Plantations in the Antebellum South

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  Significant Plantations in the Antebellum South

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  The ways in which slave labour was organized were dictated by the requirements of the crop. In the Deep South cotton, which required few specialized skills, was typically cultivated via the gang system, where synchronized tasks were performed under close supervision. The crops of the east coast lowlands, coffee, pimento,... More
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  Unemployment and Relief by State 1934

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  Unemployment and Relief by State 1934

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  The Dustbowl symbolized America’s fall from its seeming ‘manifest destiny’ of endless expansion and growth. Caused by massive erosion of critical topsoil through drought and over-farming, 150,000 square miles (388,500 square km) of the Midwest were desertified, producing ‘black blizzards’ that choked cattle and buried farms. The Great Depression, which... More