 |
|
|
Item Details
The item which you searched for
has been replaced by a newer edition. To view details of the newer edition
click
here
|
| Title:
|
FEEDING THE WORLD
AN ECONOMIC HISTORY OF AGRICULTURE, 1800-2000 |
| By: |
Giovanni Federico |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| List price:
|
£39.95 |
|
We currently do not stock this item, please contact the publisher directly for
further information.
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ISBN 10: |
069112051X |
| ISBN 13: |
9780691120515 |
| Publisher: |
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
26 September, 2005 |
| Series: |
The Princeton Economic History of the Western World |
| Pages: |
416 |
| Description: |
Covers the factors that have affected agricultural performance: environment, accumulation of inputs, technical progress, institutional change, commercialization, agricultural policies, and more. This book includes a chapter, which discusses the contribution of agriculture to modern economic growth. |
| Synopsis: |
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 development throughout the world, providing all essential data and extensive references to the literature. It covers, systematically, all the factors that have affected agricultural performance: environment, accumulation of inputs, technical progress, institutional change, commercialization, agricultural policies, and more. The last chapter discusses the contribution of agriculture to modern economic growth. The book is global in its reach and analysis, and represents a grand synthesis of an enormous topic. |
| Illustrations: |
4 line illus. 65 tables. |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Princeton University Press |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
Little Worried Caterpillar (PB)
Little Green knows she''s about to make a big change - transformingfrom a caterpillar into a beautiful butterfly. Everyone is VERYexcited! But Little Green is VERY worried. What if being a butterflyisn''t as brilliant as everyone says?Join Little Green as she finds her own path ... with just a littlehelp from her friends.
|
|
All the Things We Carry PB
What can you carry?A pebble? A teddy? A bright red balloon? A painting you''ve made?A hope or a dream?This gorgeous, reassuring picture book celebrates all the preciousthings we can carry, from toys and treasures to love and hope. With comforting rhymes and fabulous illustrations, this is a warmhug of a picture book.
|
|
|
|