John Norden's The Surveyor's Dialogue (1618)

This edition provides the first complete, modern version of John Norden's The Surveyor's Dialogue, a text remarkable for its unique commentary on the agrarian roots of English capitalism. In his extensive introduction, Mark Netzloff discusses the literary production of early modern surveyors and examines the impact of capital formation on agrarian and manorial class relations as well as on the natural environment of early modern England.