Agriculture In World History

Author : Mark B. Tauger
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2020-11-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000224597

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Agriculture in World History by Mark B. Tauger Pdf

Now in its second edition, Agriculture in World History presents a unique exploration of farmers and farming, and their relationships to non-farmers and urban societies from the ancient world to the 21st century. From its origins, civilization has depended on the food, fiber, and other goods produced by farmers. This book illustrates how urban societies both exploited and supported farmers, and together endured economic and environmental crises. Viewing farmers as the crucial interface between civilization and the natural world, Mark Tauger examines the environmental changes, political and social transformations, and scientific and technological developments in farming. The second edition draws attention to the modern period, particularly the effects of war, depression, and authoritarianism on world agriculture, scientific advances and the problems they created, increased international competition between countries with the expanding role of corporations, the threats posed by climate change, and some of agriculture's future prospects. Accessibly written and following a chronological structure, the volume enables readers to easily gain a foundational understanding of an important aspect of world history. This survey will be an indispensable text for world history students and for anyone interested in the historical development of the present agricultural and food crises.

Author : Christopher Isett,Stephen Miller
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 423 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2016-11-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781442209688

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The Social History of Agriculture by Christopher Isett,Stephen Miller Pdf

This innovative text provides a compelling narrative world history through the lens of food and farmers. Tracing the history of agriculture from earliest times to the present, Christopher Isett and Stephen Millerargue that people, rather than markets, have been the primary agents of agricultural change. Exploring the actions taken by individuals and groups over time and analyzing their activities in the wider contexts of markets, states, wars, the environment, population increase, and similar factors, the authors emphasize how larger social and political forces inform decisions and lead to different technological outcomes. Both farmers and elites responded in ways that impeded economic development. Farmers, when able to trade with towns, used the revenue to gain more land and security. Elites used commercial opportunities to accumulate military power and slaves. The book explores these tendencies through rich case studies of ancient China; precolonial South America; early-modern France, England, and Japan; New World slavery; colonial Taiwan; socialist Cuba; and many other periods and places. Readers will understand how the promises and problems of contemporary agriculture are not simply technologically derived but are the outcomes of decisions and choices people have made and continue to make.

Author : Ellen Hillbom,Patrick Svensson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780415684958

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Agricultural Transformation in a Global History Perspective by Ellen Hillbom,Patrick Svensson Pdf

This book uses a global history approach in order to reach a greater understanding of the agricultural transformation process, using a wide number of comparisons over time and space. The book seeks to identify key factors for agricultural transformation, through the use of micro level case studies, and to assess their importance in a global perspective.

Author : Marcel Mazoyer,Laurence Roudart
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2006-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781583674918

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A History of World Agriculture by Marcel Mazoyer,Laurence Roudart Pdf

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 developed in response to very different conditions. These developments are recounted in this book, with detailed attention to the ways in which plants, animals, soil, climate, and society have interacted. Mazoyer and Roudart’s A History of World Agriculture is a path-breaking and panoramic work, beginning with the emergence of agriculture after thousands of years in which human societies had depended on hunting and gathering, showing how agricultural techniques developed in the different regions of the world, and how this extraordinary wealth of knowledge, tradition and natural variety is endangered today by global capitialism, as it forces the unequal agrarian heritages of the world to conform to the norms of profit. During the twentieth century, mechanization, motorization and specialization have brought to a halt the pattern of cultural and environmental responses that characterized the global history of agriculture until then. Today a small number of corporations have the capacity to impose the farming methods on the planet that they find most profitable. Mazoyer and Roudart propose an alternative global strategy that can safegaurd the economies of the poor countries, reinvigorate the global economy, and create a livable future for mankind.

Author : Mark B. Tauger
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2010-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136941610

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Agriculture in World History by Mark B. Tauger Pdf

Civilization from its origins has depended on the food, fibre, and other commodities produced by farmers. In this unique exploration of the world history of agriculture, Mark B. Tauger looks at farmers, farming, and their relationships to non-farmers from the classical societies of the Mediterranean and China through to the twenty-first century. Viewing farmers as the most important human interface between civilization and the natural world, Agriculture in World History examines the ways that urban societies have both exploited and supported farmers, and together have endured the environmental changes and crises that threatened food production. Accessibly written and following a chronological structure, Agriculture in World History illuminates these topics through studies of farmers in numerous countries all over the world from Antiquity to the contemporary period. Key themes addressed include the impact of global warming, the role of political and social transformations, and the development of agricultural technology. In particular, the book highlights the complexities of recent decades: increased food production, declining numbers of farmers, and environmental, economic, and political challenges to increasing food production against the demands of a growing population. This wide-ranging survey will be an indispensable text for students of world history, and for anyone interested in the historical development of the present agricultural and food crises.

Author : Graeme Barker,Candice Goucher
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 1106 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2015-04-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781316297780

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The Cambridge World History: Volume 2, A World with Agriculture, 12,000 BCE–500 CE by Graeme Barker,Candice Goucher Pdf

The development of agriculture has often been described as the most important change in all of human history. Volume 2 of the Cambridge World History series explores the origins and impact of agriculture and agricultural communities, and also discusses issues associated with pastoralism and hunter-fisher-gatherer economies. To capture the patterns of this key change across the globe, the volume uses an expanded timeframe from 12,000 BCE–500 CE, beginning with the Neolithic and continuing into later periods. Scholars from a range of disciplines, including archaeology, historical linguistics, biology, anthropology, and history, trace common developments in the more complex social structures and cultural forms that agriculture enabled, such as sedentary villages and more elaborate foodways, and then present a series of regional overviews accompanied by detailed case studies from many different parts of the world, including Southwest Asia, South Asia, China, Japan, Southeast Asia and the Pacific, sub-Saharan Africa, the Americas, and Europe.

Author : Gregory Allen Barton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING
ISBN : 0191851183

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The Global History of Organic Farming by Gregory Allen Barton Pdf

This book uncovers the untold history of the organic farming movement and its massive impact on the world of agriculture and society; how it changed our consumer habits and our ethics, pointing back to the inspiration of the agricultural past, and demanding that we think about how our food is grown and the effect our daily habits have on nature.

Author : Rob Waring
Publisher : Seed Learning
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1946452122

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World History Readers by Rob Waring Pdf

Author : William Lockeretz
Publisher : CABI
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780851998336

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Organic Farming by William Lockeretz Pdf

This book discusses organic farming with regards to the origins and principles, policies and markets, organizations and institutions, and future concepts.

Author : R. Douglas Hurt
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 612 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2022-06-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781119632221

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A Companion to American Agricultural History by R. Douglas Hurt Pdf

Provides a solid foundation for understanding American agricultural history and offers new directions for research A Companion to American Agricultural History addresses the key aspects of America’s complex agricultural past from 8,000 BCE to the first decades of the twenty-first century. Bringing together more than thirty original essays by both established and emerging scholars, this innovative volume presents a succinct and accessible overview of American agricultural history while delivering a state-of-the-art assessment of modern scholarship on a diversity of subjects, themes, and issues. The essays provide readers with starting points for their exploration of American agricultural history—whether in general or in regards to a specific topic—and highlights the many ways the agricultural history of America is of integral importance to the wider American experience. Individual essays trace the origin and development of agricultural politics and policies, examine changes in science, technology, and government regulations, offer analytical suggestions for new research areas, discuss matters of ethnicity and gender in American agriculture, and more. This Companion: Introduces readers to a uniquely wide range of topics within the study of American agricultural history Provides a narrative summary and a critical examination of field-defining works Introduces specific topics within American agricultural history such as agrarian reform, agribusiness, and agricultural power and production Discusses the impacts of American agriculture on different groups including Native Americans, African Americans, and European, Asian, and Latinx immigrants Views the agricultural history of America through new interdisciplinary lenses of race, class, and the environment Explores depictions of American agriculture in film, popular music, literature, and art A Companion to American Agricultural History is an essential resource for introductory students and general readers seeking a concise overview of the subject, and for graduate students and scholars wanting to learn about a particular aspect of American agricultural history.

Author : Pamela Riney-Kehrberg
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 611 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781135054977

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The Routledge History of Rural America by Pamela Riney-Kehrberg Pdf

The Routledge History of Rural America charts the course of rural life in the United States, raising questions about what makes a place rural and how rural places have shaped the history of the nation. Bringing together leading scholars to analyze a wide array of themes in rural history and culture, this text is a state-of-the-art resource for students, scholars, and educators at all levels. This Routledge History provides a regional context for understanding change in rural communities across America and examines a number of areas where the history of rural people has deviated from the American mainstream. Readers will come away with an enhanced understanding of the interplay between urban and rural areas, a knowledge of the regional differences within the rural United States, and an awareness of the importance of agriculture and rural life to American society. The book is divided into four main sections: regions of rural America, rural lives in context, change and development, and resources for scholars and teachers. Examining the essays on the regions of rural America, readers can discover what makes New England different from the South, and why the Midwest and Mountain West are quite different places. The chapters on rural lives provide an entrée into the social and cultural history of rural peoples – women, children and men – as well as a description of some of the forces shaping rural communities, such as immigration, race and religious difference. Chapters on change and development examine the forces molding the countryside, such as rural-urban tensions, technological change and increasing globalization. The final section will help scholars and educators integrate rural history into their research, writing, and classrooms. By breaking the field of rural history into so many pieces, this volume adds depth and complexity to the history of the United States, shedding light on an understudied aspect of the American mythology and beliefs about the American dream.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Magill's Choice
Page : 1226 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1587655535

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Agriculture in History: 1753-1958 by Anonim Pdf

Despite the central role agriculture has played in world history, the subject has received comparatively little attention in library reference materials. This book fills an important gap in reference works.

Author : Benjamin Horace Hibbard
Publisher : Kessinger Publishing
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2009-05
Category : History
ISBN : 1104493810

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The History of Agriculture in Dane County, Wisconsin by Benjamin Horace Hibbard Pdf

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Author : James McCann
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1995-07-15
Category : History
ISBN : 0299146103

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People of the Plow by James McCann Pdf

For more than two thousand years, Ethiopia’s ox-plow agricultural system was the most efficient and innovative in Africa, but has been afflicted in the recent past by a series of crises: famine, declining productivity, and losses in biodiversity. James C. McCann analyzes the last two hundred years of agricultural history in Ethiopia to determine whether the ox-plow agricultural system has adapted to population growth, new crops, and the challenges of a modern political economy based in urban centers. This agricultural history is set in the context of the larger environmental and landscape history of Ethiopia, showing how farmers have integrated crops, tools, and labor with natural cycles of rainfall and soil fertility, as well as with the social vagaries of changing political systems. McCann traces characteristic features of Ethiopian farming, such as the single-tine scratch plow, which has retained a remarkably consistent design over two millennia, and a crop repertoire that is among the most genetically diverse in the world. People of the Plow provides detailed documentation of Ethiopian agricultural practices since the early nineteenth century by examining travel narratives, early agricultural surveys, photographs and engravings, modern farming systems research, and the testimony of farmers themselves, collected during McCann’s five years of fieldwork. He then traces the ways those practices have evolved in the twentieth century in response to population growth, urban markets, and the presence of new technologies.

Author : Ellen Hillbom,Patrick Svensson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2013-03-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136676802

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Agricultural Transformation in a Global History Perspective by Ellen Hillbom,Patrick Svensson Pdf

History teaches us that agricultural growth and development is necessary for achieving overall better living conditions in all societies. Although this process may seem homogenous when looked at from the outside, it is full of diversity within. This book captures this diversity by presenting eleven independent case studies ranging over time and space. By comparing outcomes, attempts are made to draw general conclusion and lessons about the agricultural transformation process.