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Feeding the World: An Economic History of Agriculture, 1800-2000
Giovanni Federico
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Description for Feeding the World: An Economic History of Agriculture, 1800-2000
Paperback. In the last 2 centuries, agriculture has been an outstanding success story. Agriculture has fed population with a variety of products at falling prices, even as it has released a number of workers to the rest of the economy. This book explains how these feats were accomplished. It covers various factors that have affected agricultural performance. Series: The Princeton Economic History of the Western World. Num Pages: 416 pages, 4 line illus. 65 tables. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; KCZ; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 616.
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.
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Series
The Princeton Economic History of the Western World
Condition
New
Weight
618g
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691138534
SKU
V9780691138534
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99-1
About Giovanni Federico
Giovanni Federico is Professor of Economic History at the European University Institute. He has written extensively on Italian and comparative economic history, with special attention on agriculture, trade, and trade policy. He is the author of "An Economic History of the Silk Industry" and the coauthor of "The Growth of the Italian Economy, 1820-1940".
Reviews for Feeding the World: An Economic History of Agriculture, 1800-2000
"In Feeding the World, Giovanni Federico considers agricultural development over the past 200 years an outstanding success story... Feeding the World will be of great interest to economists, development specialists and policymakers, and all economic historians should read it. Methodologically, it is an excellent example of a quantitative economic history, grounded in theory but sensitive to empirical realities worldwide. Substantively, it provides an essential context for understanding economic development over the past 200 years on a global scale."
Mark Overton, Times Higher Education Supplement "This book provides everything that a mainstream economic history or agricultural history course would want to cover... [T]he book [is] ... useful and highly recommended."
Thomas R. DeGregori, Journal of Economic Issues "The range, stance, and clarity of this hugely impressive book make it ideally suited to classroom use at advanced undergraduate or graduate level. It deserves to be widely read, in university libraries and beyond."
Cormac O Grada, Agricultural History Review "Giovannia Federico should be congratulated for his efforts in providing what is clearly an impressive synthesis, constituting a significant contribution to our understanding of the changing role and the revolution that has taken place in agricultural production since 1800. It will appeal to a wide readership, encompassing not only the academic community but also lay readers who are interested in how feeding the industrially advanced countries of the world has been successfully achieved."
John Martin, The Historian "I recommend this book for those who want to gain a general understanding of the dynamics of world agriculture and who are looking for scientific texts in the field. The rich bibliography can satisfy many people's curiosity in this respect."
Walter Leimgruber, European Legacy
Mark Overton, Times Higher Education Supplement "This book provides everything that a mainstream economic history or agricultural history course would want to cover... [T]he book [is] ... useful and highly recommended."
Thomas R. DeGregori, Journal of Economic Issues "The range, stance, and clarity of this hugely impressive book make it ideally suited to classroom use at advanced undergraduate or graduate level. It deserves to be widely read, in university libraries and beyond."
Cormac O Grada, Agricultural History Review "Giovannia Federico should be congratulated for his efforts in providing what is clearly an impressive synthesis, constituting a significant contribution to our understanding of the changing role and the revolution that has taken place in agricultural production since 1800. It will appeal to a wide readership, encompassing not only the academic community but also lay readers who are interested in how feeding the industrially advanced countries of the world has been successfully achieved."
John Martin, The Historian "I recommend this book for those who want to gain a general understanding of the dynamics of world agriculture and who are looking for scientific texts in the field. The rich bibliography can satisfy many people's curiosity in this respect."
Walter Leimgruber, European Legacy