"Gar Lipow" <[email protected]> Wrote: > I'm interested in two related question on UK enclosure of the commons.
> 1) How well were the commons managed prior to enclosure? > Was the grazing land being exhausted or was it preserved through limitations > on use? > What about forest a nd woods and wood lots used as sources of firewood? > Was firewood harvested from the same woods generation after generation, or > were the wood lots being exhausted? What are the best sources on this? > Is there controversy or is the story I hear that the commons were successful > in > preserving resources across generations widely agreed on? > 2) After enclosure to what extent was grazing land maintained and to what > extent exhausted? > And (for my purposes, more imortantly) to what extent were wooded areas that > had been > preserved as sources of fuel for generations exhausted, sometimes just for > the wood, sometimes to expand grazing land to raise more sheep and cattle? > What are the most rigorous works that answer these question?. If there is a > serious controversy, what are the best works on both sides? I http://www.who-owns-britain.com advertises itself as being well researched. -- Ron
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