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The Gardens of the British Working Class

Paperback • 2015 • 1. edition

The Gardens of the British Working Class

By Margaret Willes

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About the book

This magnificently illustrated people's history celebrates the extraordinary feats of cultivation by the working class in Britain, even if the land they toiled, planted, and loved was not their own. Spanning more than four centuries, from the earliest records of the laboring classes in the country to today, Margaret Willes's research unearths lush gardens nurtured outside rough workers' cottages and horticultural miracles performed in blackened yards, and reveals the ingenious, sometimes devious...Show more

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ISBN

9780300212358

Publisher

Yale University Press

Published year

2015

Language

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1

Original title

The Gardens of the British Working Class

Format

Paperback

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