Digging the Past - How and Why to Imagine Seventeenth-Century Agriculture

Informationen zum Autor Frances E. Dolan Klappentext Through in-depth studies of composting and soil amendment, local food, winemaking, and hedgerows, Digging the Past illuminates how the seventeenth century continues to shape both material practices and popular ways of imagining and describing what farming should be and do. Zusammenfassung Through in-depth studies of composting and soil amendment, local food, winemaking, and hedgerows, Digging the Past illuminates how the seventeenth century continues to shape both material practices and popular ways of imagining and describing what farming should be and do. Inhaltsverzeichnis Note on the Text Introduction Chapter 1. Feeding the Hungry Earth: Figuration, Composition, and Compost Chapter 2. Knowing Your Food: Turnips, Titus, and the Local Chapter 3. Saving Wine: Terroir and the Quest for Natural Wine Chapter 4. Weaving Hedges Epilogue. Visiting Jamestown Notes Index Acknowledgments

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Frances E Dolan, Frances E. Dolan
• Verlag: University of pennsylvania pr
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9780812252330
• ISBN: 978-0-8122-5233-0
• Seiten: 280
• Serien: Haney Foundation; Haney Foundation Series
• Thema: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft