The Influence of England on the French Agronomes, 1750–1789

Table of Contents

Preface
Part I. The Preparatory Period:
1700–50:
1. French agricultural literature before 1750
2. The discovery of English agricultural methods
Part II. Duhamel du Monceau's Work:
3. The old French husbandry
4. Tull in France
5. Controversy on Duhamel's Nouveau systéme
Part III. Agrarian Repercussions of the Nouveau Systéme:
6. Elaboration of the doctrine of rotative cultivation and its theoretical consequences
7. Social, juridical and political implications of the Nouveau systéme
Part IV. How the New Husbandry Was Intended to Enrich French Agriculture:
8. The new crops
9. The problem of livestock
10. Changes in agricultural implements
11. Beginnings of agricultural chemistry
Part V. Some Aspects of the Internal Life of the Agronomic Movement:
12. How the agronomes obtained their information about England, 1750–89
13. Practical undertakings of the agronomes
Conclusion
Appendix 1
Appendix 2
Bibliography
Index.

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