The English Model Farm: Building the Agricultural Ideal, 1700-1914

by Susanna Wade Martins

During the Agricultural Revolution, the landowners of Britain constructed an enormous range of picturesque or classical buildings on their farms, inspired by Enlightenment ideals. These model farms, a phenomenon unique to Britain, are a significant yet largely undiscovered aspect of our heritage. This book is richly illustrated with interior and exterior photographs, most of them specially commissioned, as well as plans, paintings and historic photographs...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0953863050
• ISBN13: 9780953863051
• Release Date: December 2002
• Publisher: Windgather Press
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.3" x 9.7"