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Hops and Hop Picking

Series: Shire Library
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Hops and Hop Picking by Richard Filmer delves into the historical significance of the hop industry in the agricultural landscape. It explores the cultural and economic impact of hop cultivation and trade over the centuries, highlighting the tradition and community life surrounding the practice. The book is richly illustrated with historical photographs and takes readers through the evolution of hop picking, offering a glimpse into an essential part of rural heritage.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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You might enjoy this book if you're fascinated by the rich history of agriculture, particularly the social and economic impact of hop growing and picking. This exploration of a vital rural industry offers intriguing insights into traditional practices that shaped communities and landscapes, making it an enlightening read for history enthusiasts.

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Hops and Hop Picking

The hop has been intimately involved in social history for many centuries. This book examines hop's history since the earliest times, describing the traditional tools of the trade, the growers, the pickers and those whose versatile skills have through the centuries made the hop industry a success.

Because of its connection to the beer industry, hops and hop picking remains a topic of popular interest, especially that surrounds the crop.

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The hop has been intimately involved in social history for many centuries: it has caused controversy due to its role in the brewing process and was for centuries the centre of a social phenomenon, with thousands descending on hop-producing regions during harvest.

It is a branch of agriculture requiring intensive labour and great skill, and this book examines its history from the earliest times to the present day, describing the traditional tools of the trade, the growers, the pickers, and all those whose versatile skills have through the centuries made the hop industry a success.

Series: Shire Library

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780852636176

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 10 April 2011

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Shire Publications

Illustration: 1 col

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 10.0mm

Width: 144.0mm

Height: 206.0mm

Weight: 200g

Pages: 80

About the Author

Richard Filmer was born in Kent and educated at Ashford Grammar School. He still lives in Kent and has a keen interest in building construction, vernacular architecture and traditional trades and skills of both the town and the country. He has written extensively on the subject of Kentish craftsmen and has compiled an illustrated survey of Kentish Rural Crafts and Industries (Meresborough Books, 1981). Many of his photographs and articles on topographical, agricultural and architectural themes have appeared in both regional and national magazines and journals.

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