Reviews
A full and important study of allotments which addresses wider rural social issues and relationships. HISTORY [The book] is about more than the early allottment movement: it is a book about changing rural,social and class consciousness, [and] about the creation of a social consensus and about domestic and cultural life. GARDEN HISTORY An excellent study of the heretofore-almost-ignored allotment movement.. The value of [this] book, for having opened to scrutiny this little-studied facet of 19th century life, is incontrovertible. ALBION [Makes] a compelling case for locating allotments at the heart of the narrative of mid-nineteenth century social progress and stability. AGRICULTURAL HISTORY REVIEW [Makes] a compelling case for locating allotments at the heart of the narrative of mid-nineteenth century social progress and stability. AGRICULTURAL HISTORY REVIEW
Breaks new ground as the first substantial scholarly account of allotments in c19th England. [.] Rescue[s] allotments from their positions at the margins of historical inquiry. Burchardt's book makes a compelling case that allotments deserve more attention than they have hitherto received, and sets a high standard for the research that will surely follow. LANDSCAPE HISTORY