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Feeding the World: An Economic History of Agriculture, 1800-2000

June 22nd, 2010

ISBN13: 9780691138534
Condition: NEW
Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.

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In the last two centuries, agriculture has been an outstanding, if somewhat neglected, success story. Agriculture has fed an ever-growing population with an increasing variety of products at falling prices, even as it has released a growing number of workers to the rest of the economy. This book, a comprehensive history of world agriculture during this period, explains how these feats were accomplished. Feeding the World synthesizes two hundred years of agricultural… More >>

Feeding the World: An Economic History of Agriculture, 1800-2000

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American Agriculture: A Brief History, Rev. Ed.

June 17th, 2010

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R.Douglas Hurt’s brief history of American agriculture, from the prehistoric period through the twentieth century, is written for anyone coming to this subject for the first time. It also provides a ready reference to the economic, social, political, scientific, and technological changes that have most affected farming in America. American Agriculture is a story of considerable achievement and success, but it is also a story of greed, racism, and violence. Hurt offe… More >>

American Agriculture: A Brief History, Rev. Ed.

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The World’s Greatest Fix: A History of Nitrogen and Agriculture

June 12th, 2010

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In the tradition of Jared Diamond’s Guns, Germs, and Steel, this gives the very early history of how human ingenuity overcame the risk of famine through productive agriculture. Starting with a layman’s guide to the chemistry of nitrogen fixation, the book goes on to show how humans emerged from nomadic lifestyles and began developing towns and settlements. When they for the first time began planting the same fields year after year, they noticed quickly the need to… More >>

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A History of World Agriculture: From the Neolithic Age to the Current Crisis

April 25th, 2010

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Only once we understand the long history of human efforts to draw sustenance from the land can we grasp the nature of the crisis that faces humankind today, as hundreds of millions of people are faced with famine or flight from the land. From Neolithic times through the earliest civilizations of the ancient Near East, in savannahs, river valleys and the terraces created by the Incas in the Andean mountains, an increasing range of agricultural techniques have develo… More >>

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Universal Map World History Wall Maps – Spread of Agriculture 30242

April 25th, 2010

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Universal Map World History Wall Maps cover a wide range of topics to include the history of the world. Ranging from the Spread of Agriculture, to China in the Qing Dynasty, and United Nations Sanctions, this series tries to cover as much history as accurately as possible. Maps include a detailed legend, color coding to distinguish borders, a scale, and labels as they were that time in history. These quality maps bring history to life, and will add a whole new dimen… More >>