Social History of Agriculture - From the Origins to the Current Crisis

Informationen zum Autor Christopher Isett is associate professor of history at the University of Minnesota. Klappentext This 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, Isett and Millerargue that people rather than markets have been the primary agents of agricultural change, exploring the actions taken by individuals and groups over time. Zusammenfassung This 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! Isett and Miller argue that people rather than markets have been the primary agents of agricultural change! exploring the actions taken by individuals and groups over time. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Chapter 1: Settled Agriculture: The Ancient Origins of Community, State, and Empire Chapter 2: From Antiquity to the Eve of Agrarian Capitalism: Peasants and Dynastic States Chapter 3: Agrarian Capitalism in the Early Modern World: Divergence in Eurasia Chapter 4: Malthusian Limits in the Early Modern World: Peasants and Markets Chapter 5: The New World: Planters, Slaves, and Sugar Chapter 6: American Farming: Agrarian Roots of U.S. Capitalism Chapter 7: New Imperialism: Colonial Agriculture in the Age of Capitalism Chapter 8: Socialist Agriculture: Collectivization in Three Countries Chapter 9: Late Development: State-led Agrarian Change after World War II Chapter 10: Corporate Agriculture: Comparing the United States and Brazil Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Isett, Christopher M. Miller Isett, Christopher Miller Isett, Christopher Mills Isett, Stephen Miller
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.11.2016
• EAN: 9781442209671
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-0967-1
• No. of pages: 422
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Europe, Asia, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / General, Africa, HISTORY / World, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, General & world history, Food & society, History: earliest times to present day, General and world history, The Americas, Agriculture and farming, AGRICULTURE & FARMING, Cultural studies: food and society