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Part Ii.--the Transition to Capitalist Agriculture

The Agrarian Problem in the Sixteenth Century · R. H. Tawney — chapter 3 of 24 · ~89 words · public domain

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I. THE NEW RURAL ECONOMY--

(a) MOTIVES AND CAUSES 177

(b) THE GROWTH OF THE LARGE LEASEHOLD FARM 200

(c) ENCLOSURE AND CONVERSION BY THE MANORIAL AUTHORITIES 213

II. THE PEASANTRY--

(a) THE REMOVING OF LANDMARKS 231

(b) THE STRUGGLE FOR THE COMMONS 237

(c) THE ENGROSSING OF HOLDINGS AND DISPLACEMENT OF TENANTS 253

(d) THE AGRARIAN CHANGES AND THE POOR LAW 266

III. THE QUESTION OF TENANT RIGHT--

(a) THE TENANTS AT WILL AND THE LEASEHOLDERS 281

(b) THE COPYHOLDERS 287

(c) THE UNDERMINING OF CUSTOMARY TENURES 301

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