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Homesteading
Rusticus
Martin Shaw Briggs
71 pages~1 hr 25 min read8 chapters$4.99
From King Coal to the Age of Petrol, Briggs watches the English countryside change under smoke and machinery. Part lament, part forecast, Rusticus traces what industry did to the land between 1810 and the motor age, then dares to imagine the future. A sharp, reflective essay for anyone who wonders what progress costs the fields.
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Inside this book
8 chapters
- 1RUSTICUS
- 2CONTENTS
- 3I. “SO THIS IS ENGLAND!”
- 4II. BEFORE THE DELUGE
- 5III KING COAL (1810-1910)
- 6IV THE AGE OF PETROL (1910 ONWARDS)
- 7V THE FUTURE
- 8SOME ADDRESSES
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