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8 de ago. de 2022 · William Cobbett's classic text of 1821 offers practical advice and political views for the independent smallholder. The author argues that the smallhold is the material centre of his world and the key to sustainability and independence.
Cottage Economy is a book by William Cobbett, first published in 1821, which covers many practical instructions such how to bake bread, brew beer, keep livestock and "other matters deemed useful in the conducting of the Affairs of a Labourer's Family" with the aim of aiding the "Labouring Classes" in having a "good living".
31 de dez. de 2014 · Cottage Economy by William Cobbett. Publication date 1975-01-01 Publisher Cedric Chivers Collection internetarchivebooks; inlibrary; printdisabled Contributor
First published in 1821 as a series of pamphlets that sold over 30,000 copies, Cottage Economy demonstrates Cobbett's philosophy that the labourer should be taught industry, sobriety, frugality and 'the duty of using his best exertions for the rearing of his family'.
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The main themes in Cottage Economy are, beer and bread versus tea and potatoes. Cobbett ascribes the decline of English achievement to the move from bread and beer to potatoes and tea as staples. He goes to some length to express why, including the most glorious treatise on what happens if you feed a pig on tea (it dies) as opposed to a diet of ...
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18 de fev. de 2021 · Cottage economy. by. Cobbett, William, 1763-1835. Publication date. 1979. Topics. Agriculture -- England -- Handbooks, manuals, etc, Home economics, Rural -- England -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. Publisher. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press.
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