Main Title |
A history of world agriculture : from the neolithic age to the current crisis / |
Author |
Mazoyer, Marcel,
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Other Authors |
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Publisher |
Monthly Review Press, |
Year Published |
2006 |
OCLC Number |
57393760 |
ISBN |
1583671218 (pbk.); 9781583671214 (pbk.); 1583671226 (cloth); 9781583671221 (cloth) |
Subjects |
Agriculture--History ;
Landwirtschaft
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Internet Access |
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
ELBM |
S419.M33 2006 |
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AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH |
04/02/2012 |
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Collation |
528 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. |
Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 498-505) and index. |
Contents Notes |
Evolution, agriculture, history -- Neolithic agricultural revolution -- Systems of slash-and-burn agriculture in forest environments -- Evolution of hydraulic agrarian systems in the Nile valley -- Inca agrarian system -- Agrarian systems based on fallowing and animal-drawn cultivation with the ard in the temperate regions -- Agrarian systems based on fallowing and animal-drawn cultivation with the plow in the cold temperate regions -- Agrarian systems without fallowing in the temperate regions -- Mechanization of animal-drawn cultivation and the transportation revolution -- Second agricultural revolution of modern times -- Agrrian crisis and general crisis. |