Three Acres and Liberty
Bolton Hall’s historical book on small plots, growing and land economics: 171 illustrated A4 pages, with reader guides and a separately marked 1918 supplement.
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Small Farming & Land
Explore older thinking about small-scale farming, land access and making a living from a few acres. Bolton Hall’s Three Acres and Liberty discusses soil, gardens, fruit, flowers, hotbeds, equipment, livestock and selling produce, alongside questions of cooperation and opportunity. This shelf brings historical arguments back into readable editions without presenting period budgets or crop yields as present-day guarantees. Subject labels describe the books available now and can expand as HIPS Books restores more works.
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Three Acres and Liberty: Bolton Hall's Small-Farm Idea
What did a small plot promise in Bolton Hall’s Three Acres and Liberty? Explore land access, labour, markets and cooperation in his early text and the 1918 supplement.
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