Agricultural history has enjoyed a rebirth in recent years, in part because the agricultural enterprise promotes economic and cultural connections in an era that has become ever more globally focused, but also because of agriculture's potential to lead to conflicts over precious resources. The Oxford Handbook of Agricultural History reflects this rebirth and examines the wide-reaching implications of agricultural issues, featuring essays that touch on the green revolution, the development of the Atlantic slave plantation, the agricultural impact of the American Civil War, the rise of…mehr
Agricultural history has enjoyed a rebirth in recent years, in part because the agricultural enterprise promotes economic and cultural connections in an era that has become ever more globally focused, but also because of agriculture's potential to lead to conflicts over precious resources. The Oxford Handbook of Agricultural History reflects this rebirth and examines the wide-reaching implications of agricultural issues, featuring essays that touch on the green revolution, the development of the Atlantic slave plantation, the agricultural impact of the American Civil War, the rise of scientific and corporate agriculture, and modern exploitation of agricultural labor.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Jeannie Whayne is Professor of History at the University of Arkansas and a past president of the Agricultural History Society.
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* Introduction * Jeannie Whayne * Part I. Timeless Essentials * 1. Land * Frank Uekötter * 2. Soil Fertility * Laura Drinkwater * 3. A Short History of Seed Keeping * Helen Anne Curry * 4. A History of Livestock and People * Claire Strom * 5. Agricultural Contestation: The Case of Locusts * Martha Few * 6. Agricultural Labor * Steve Striffler * 7. Peasants and the Peasantry: Persistence, Reform or Extinction? * Jonathan Rigg * 8. Women in Agriculture * Pamela Riney-Kehrberg * Part II. Modern Essentials * 9. Mechanization of Agriculture * R. Douglas Hurt * 10. Agricultural Science * J.L. Anderson * 11. Expert and Knowledge Networks * Deborah Fitzgerald * 12. Commodity Frontiers as Drivers of Global Capitalism * Ulbe Bosma and Eric Vanhaute * 13. Worker Health in Modern Agriculture * Michitake Aso * Part III. Exemplary Commodities * 14. Corn: From Versatile Staple to Global "Flex" Crop * Elizabeth Fitting * 15. Wheat * Tom Isern * 16. Rice * Peter A. Coclanis * 17. Soy: The Making of a Global Commodity * Ernst Langthaler * 18. Sugar * Suzanne Moon * 19. Coffee: The Promise and Perils of a Global Commodity * Stuart McCook * 20. Bananas * Evan P. Bennett * 21. Potatoes that Changed the World * Christopher Shepherd * 22. Cotton * Jonathan Robbins * 23. Tobacco * Melissa N. Morris * 24. The Silkscape of California: A Reconsideration of "Failure" in Sericulture * Lisa Onaga * Part IV. Key Transitions or Challenges * 25. Turning Points in Hydro-Agricultural Development * Christopher L. Pastore * 26. The Islamic Agricultural Revolution * Michael J. Decker * 27. Wet Rice in East Asia: A Long Revolution * Francesca Bray * 28. The Atlantic Plantation * Trevor Burnard * 29. Agriculture, the Atlantic Plantation, and the Environment in the U.S. South * Jeannie Whayne * 30. The British Agricultural Revolution * Richard Hoyle * 31. Frontier Agriculture and the Creation of Global Neo-Europes * Jonathan Daly * 32. Contestation over Agricultural Production in Colonial Africa * Cassandra Mark-Thiesen * 33. The Global Green Revolution * Mark B. Tauger * 34. Famine * Jenny Leigh Smith * 35. Forest Transition Theory * Brett Bennett and Gregory Barton
* Introduction * Jeannie Whayne * Part I. Timeless Essentials * 1. Land * Frank Uekötter * 2. Soil Fertility * Laura Drinkwater * 3. A Short History of Seed Keeping * Helen Anne Curry * 4. A History of Livestock and People * Claire Strom * 5. Agricultural Contestation: The Case of Locusts * Martha Few * 6. Agricultural Labor * Steve Striffler * 7. Peasants and the Peasantry: Persistence, Reform or Extinction? * Jonathan Rigg * 8. Women in Agriculture * Pamela Riney-Kehrberg * Part II. Modern Essentials * 9. Mechanization of Agriculture * R. Douglas Hurt * 10. Agricultural Science * J.L. Anderson * 11. Expert and Knowledge Networks * Deborah Fitzgerald * 12. Commodity Frontiers as Drivers of Global Capitalism * Ulbe Bosma and Eric Vanhaute * 13. Worker Health in Modern Agriculture * Michitake Aso * Part III. Exemplary Commodities * 14. Corn: From Versatile Staple to Global "Flex" Crop * Elizabeth Fitting * 15. Wheat * Tom Isern * 16. Rice * Peter A. Coclanis * 17. Soy: The Making of a Global Commodity * Ernst Langthaler * 18. Sugar * Suzanne Moon * 19. Coffee: The Promise and Perils of a Global Commodity * Stuart McCook * 20. Bananas * Evan P. Bennett * 21. Potatoes that Changed the World * Christopher Shepherd * 22. Cotton * Jonathan Robbins * 23. Tobacco * Melissa N. Morris * 24. The Silkscape of California: A Reconsideration of "Failure" in Sericulture * Lisa Onaga * Part IV. Key Transitions or Challenges * 25. Turning Points in Hydro-Agricultural Development * Christopher L. Pastore * 26. The Islamic Agricultural Revolution * Michael J. Decker * 27. Wet Rice in East Asia: A Long Revolution * Francesca Bray * 28. The Atlantic Plantation * Trevor Burnard * 29. Agriculture, the Atlantic Plantation, and the Environment in the U.S. South * Jeannie Whayne * 30. The British Agricultural Revolution * Richard Hoyle * 31. Frontier Agriculture and the Creation of Global Neo-Europes * Jonathan Daly * 32. Contestation over Agricultural Production in Colonial Africa * Cassandra Mark-Thiesen * 33. The Global Green Revolution * Mark B. Tauger * 34. Famine * Jenny Leigh Smith * 35. Forest Transition Theory * Brett Bennett and Gregory Barton
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