This classic book was originally published in 1988. Now with a new introduction by Olivia Laing, ‘The Allotment’ is a story that is just as relevant today and an essential read for those interested in social history, land ownership and gardening in twenty-first century Britain. Allotmenteering started with The Diggers in seventeenth-century Surrey, in response to the Enclosure Acts which deprived ordinary people of access to land. But the idea spread, first across England and the British Isles, then through Europe and the world. ‘The Allotment’ is the classic study of allotments. Encompassing the oral recordings of plot-holders alongside descriptions of regional variations on the plot itself, such as pigeon-fancying, seed collecting or leek competitions, it looks at British society and history through the prism of allotments.
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