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No electricity, no gas, no flushing toilet—and no tractor! Could you survive a year on a Victorian farm? In this fascinating time-traveling experiment Lion Television, with the BBC, follow a team of historians who will spend a year recreating farm life in 1885. Accompanying the series, this book follows the team as they try to run a farm using only materials and resources that would have been available to them in the Victorian era. This was a crucial period in the history of Britain—rapid industrialization had radically changed life in the cites but rural communities used a mixture of centuries-old and pioneering modern practices. Packed with informative text and photographs from the farm year, this book reveals exactly what the Victorians, ate, wore, how they managed their animals, farmed the land, and organized their lives. In-depth features describe revolutionary advances in more detail, including new inventions, new breeding methods, and advances in agricultural science. Practical projects allow you to join the historians in rediscovering Victorian crafts, cooking, and home care. Providing a real insight into life on a Victorian farm, this series is also a fascinating reminder of how history comes full circle. The organic diet of 1885, use of natural products for cleaning and healthcare, and interests in crafts and gardening are of increasing relevance today as we look for a more responsible way of living more than 120 years later.
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Ruth Goodman is an expert historian in 19th century farming practice.
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Victorian farm life,
By Blacksmith (Alberta Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Victorian Farm: Christmas Edition (Hardcover)
A good review of late Victorian farm life in Britian with references and further readings. In conjunction with the book Forgotten Household Crafts one gets a good vision of everyday rural life at the end of the nineteenth century. I particularly liked the social economic summary of the english countryside in an ever expanding empire.Interestingly enough, I remember a number of items mentioned from my childhood such as threshing machines, wood stoves and horse drawn farm machines.
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