[Rarebooks] fs: The Poor Aren't Evil -1863
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Agrestis. THOUGHTS ON POPULATION AND THE MEANS OF COMFORTABLE SUBSISTENCE;
with Suggestions regarding an increased supply and lessened cost of food
for childhood and the industrial classes. By Agrestis. London; Longman,
Green, Longman, Roberts & Green: 1863.
A wide-ranging reformer's view of what 1860s England needed to do to
improve the lives and productivity of the "laboring" classes, mostly
through efforts to improve their food and drink. Much time is spent on milk
and the problems with its production, adulteration and distribution and how
they might be improved. The author points out that not only are milk and
vegetables healthier to consume than meat, but that their production takes
fewer resources. He promotes brown bread over white and the production of
honey and cheese, and speaks at length about the use of sewage as a
fertilizer.
The author also explores social problems, and deplores what he terms
"suicidal" efforts by landlords and counties to remove farmers from their
lands and send them abroad so their large families will not be "burdens on
the parish rates". He makes a plea for the education of the lower classes
and the removal of impediments to their marriage, and spends some time
describing and praising Britain's overseas colonies in Australia. In an
addenda he mentions the need for pure water and recommends a system of iron
drinking fountains supplied by wells. OCLC locates 8 copies.
Hardcover. 5"x7.5", viii + 206 pages; errata slip; embossed green cloth
with gilt titles, as issued; covers lightly rubbed, a bit of wear and soil
here and there, but a very nice copy. [06062] $300.00
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