So shall you reap : farming and crops in human affairs /

Consider this: If mankind's history spanned just twenty-four hours since its beginnings, agriculture would have existed in only the last five minutes. Yet despite its recency, the development of farming has radically changed both human society and the world's environment. This rapid evolut...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Solbrig, Otto Thomas
Otros Autores: Solbrig, Dorothy J., 1945-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : Island Press, ©1994.
Temas:
Nature > Effect of human beings on.
Agriculture > History.
Agriculture > Environmental aspects.
Traditional farming > History.
Homme > Influence sur la nature.
Agriculture > Histoire.
Agriculture > Aspect de l'environnement.
Agriculture traditionnelle > Histoire.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Agriculture.
Traditional farming.
Landwirtschaft
Geschichte
Umweltschutz
Biologische Landwirtschaft
Zivilisation
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Early food acquisition
  • From hunter-gatherers to farmers
  • Early agriculture
  • Domesticating plants
  • The rise of civilization
  • Agriculture spreads to Europe
  • The Medieval farm
  • Sugarcane and industrial agriculture
  • Exchanges
  • A new kind of farm
  • Contemporary farming
  • The future of food.

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