"A powerful account of how the complex mercantile and military relationships between the British, Dutch, and American territories made the Industrial Revolution possible. Between 1500 and 1800, the North Sea region overtook the Mediterranean as the most dynamic part of the world. At its core the...

The professionalization of farming for women in late Victorian Britain: the role and legacy of the Langham Place feminists / Karen Sayer and Nicola Verdon -- Good farms, markets, and communities: Emily Hoag and rural women's studies / Joan M. Jensen -- Professionalizing farm women, recognizing...