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Paperback. Num Pages: 472 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVU; HBG; HBLW; KNAC; PSAK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226410319
- ISBN
- 9780226410319
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.09
€ 52.99
€ 41.09
Hardback. Explores the panics, myths, and ever-shifting attitudes regarding food and its safety. This book recounts the development of safety methods that became the Western model for fighting animal diseases. It discusses crucial and curious food-related incidents, trends, and beliefs. Translator(s): Gladding, Jody. Series: Arts & Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: KNAC; KNDF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 158 x 32. Weight in Grams: 762.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231131926
- ISBN
- 9780231131926
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 36.34
€ 50.99
€ 36.34
Hardback. Series: Arts & Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History. Num Pages: 208 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 374. From Commodities Markets to Supermarkets. Series: Arts & Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History. 208 pages, ill. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: KNAC. Dimension: 149 x 217 x 28. Weight: 374.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231156707
- ISBN
- 9780231156707
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.30
€ 30.99
€ 22.30
Paperback. Series: Arts & Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History. Num Pages: 208 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: KJVW; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 137 x 203 x 15. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231156714
- ISBN
- 9780231156714
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.94
€ 23.99
€ 17.94
Paperback. Explores how the sugar beet industry transformed the rural Midwest by introducing large factories, contract farming, and foreign migrant labour. Identifying rural areas as centres for modern American industrialism, this study contributes to a re-orientation of labour history from urban factory workers to rural migrant workers. Series: The Working Class in American History. Num Pages: 336 pages, 14 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; HBTB; HBTK; KCF; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252076671
- ISBN
- 9780252076671
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.94
€ 34.99
€ 31.94
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253009364
- ISBN
- 9780253009364
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.40
€ 27.99
€ 26.40
Paperback. Provides an understanding of the modern Pacific salmon crisis and is particularly instructive as salmon conservation practices increasingly approximate those of the pre-contact Native past Series: Emil and Kathleen Sick Book Series in Western History and Biography. Num Pages: 384 pages, 27 illustrations, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1QSP; JFSL9; KNAF; RNKH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Edition
- First Edition. First Printing.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295991825
- ISBN
- 9780295991825
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.93
€ 34.99
€ 31.93
Paperback. Editor(s): Harvey, Mark W. T. Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Classics. Num Pages: 25 illus. BIC Classification: KNAL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 220 x 16. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295995625
- ISBN
- 9780295995625
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.29
€ 26.99
€ 25.29
Hardback. 'Smart Alliance' tells the story of how Chiquita, formerly the notorious United Fruit Company, reinvented itself as an ally of conservation and together with the Rainforest Alliance set about establishing a 'Better Banana' seal of approval to certify genuine efforts to protect the environment. Series: Yale Agrarian Studies Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, 46 illustrations. BIC Classification: KJK; KNAC; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 149 x 19. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300102338
- ISBN
- 9780300102338
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.27€ 45.60
€ 58.27
€ 45.60
Hardcover. Farm managers will appreciate this book as they learn the principles of farm management; from the basics of management and economics; to the details of strategy and operations. It presents economic concepts, such as the discussion of markets, competitive forces, and macroeconomics, which is new to farm management texts. Num Pages: 560 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KC; KJM; KNAC; TV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 260 x 211 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1064.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470592434
- ISBN
- 9780470592434
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 177.83
€ 177.83
Paperback. The World Food Economy, 2nd Edition continues to provide a broad introduction to the economics of food and agriculture. Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 272 x 260 x 18. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470593622
- ISBN
- 9780470593622
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 108.15
€ 108.15
Paperback. Agricultural policy is undergoing a dramatic change the world over. Governmental bodies and agencies are moving away from traditional forms of intervention in agriculture and creating new policies. Essential to policy--makers in the middle of this revolution is a reference that distills the lessons of international research and experience. Num Pages: 540 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPQB; KNAC; TV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 190 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1154.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 540
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470857793
- ISBN
- 9780470857793
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 120.81
€ 120.81
Hardcover. Historically at the mercy of everything from war to weather, the price of sugar has always been extremely volatile. This book explores the broad scope of the sugar market, providing a global tour of the international sugar trade in all its intricacy. It also includes topics ranging from cultivation and refinement to importing and exporting. Series: Wiley Trading. Num Pages: 246 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GBC; KCLT; KNAC; KNDF; TVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 168 x 21. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471190547
- ISBN
- 9780471190547
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 229.95
€ 229.95
Paperback. Uses a problem solving framework to provide students with the means for acquiring the necessary skills in the application of economic theory. Enables them to understand that economic theory does describe authentic relationships by actual people in the existing world. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KCA; KCJ; KNAC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471304470
- ISBN
- 9780471304470
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 239.78
€ 239.78
Paperback. This book examines the structure and organization of the agricultural industry, then discusses basic micro and macroeconomics principles as they apply to agriculture. Principles of economics are used to demonstrate to the reader that theory actually makes reality more understandable. Num Pages: 544 pages, tables, bibliog , index, graphs, glossary. BIC Classification: KC; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 234 x 35. Weight in Grams: 826.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 8th Edition
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471388470
- ISBN
- 9780471388470
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 285.87
€ 285.87
Paperback. 15 leading proponents of sustainable agriculture present a detailed portrait of its social, economic and political aspects in this volume, which establishes the scientific basis for changing present agricultural practices and explores the food supply network that must be established. Editor(s): Allen, Patricia. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GTF; KNAC; RNU; TV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 166 x 21. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471580829
- ISBN
- 9780471580829
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 244.28
€ 244.28
Hardcover. A review of current ideas on practising sustainable agriculture in temperate zones, with contributions from agricultural, biological, environmental and social scientists. Contributors discuss stewardship, biodiversity and reliance on mixed food systems. Editor(s): Francis, Charles A.; Flora, Cornelia Butler; King, Larry D. Num Pages: 512 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: KNAC; TVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 36. Weight in Grams: 902.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471622277
- ISBN
- 9780471622277
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 328.38
€ 328.38
Hardcover. This volume contains a series of essays reflecting on the complex political, social and institutional problems encountered by modern states seeking to manage their agricultural sectors. It presents original and comparative analyses of agricultural regulation. Editor(s): Lowe, Philip; Marsden, Terry; Whatmore, Sarah. Num Pages: 198 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 166 x 17. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471959328
- ISBN
- 9780471959328
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 441.03
€ 441.03
Hardcover. Developing countries are finding it increasingly difficult to maintain research institutions that can support the broad demands of their agricultural and natural resource sectors. In many countries, this is due to a diminutive economy and population which limits the resource base upon which to build a viable, productive research system. Num Pages: 248 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1QFG; KCN; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471960744
- ISBN
- 9780471960744
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 329.65
€ 329.65
Hardcover. Around 2.5 million tons of pesticide are used every year. This volume outlines the techniques for reducing pesticide use internationally, through using integrated pesticide management, and from this to assess the environmental and economic benefits that such a reduction will bring. Editor(s): Pimentel, David, PhD. Num Pages: 456 pages, Illustrations, 1map. BIC Classification: KNAC; RNP; TVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 173 x 31. Weight in Grams: 890.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471968382
- ISBN
- 9780471968382
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 343.57
€ 343.57
Hardcover. This book covers theoretical and practical aspects of the use of insect viruses as biological controls. It introduces the reader to the arguments for using such controls versus the usage of traditional chemical pesticides, how to produce such viruses, both in vitro and in vivo, how to design a plant, and safety considerations. Num Pages: 632 pages, glossary. BIC Classification: KNAC; PSVT7; RN; TVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 254 x 177 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1274.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 632
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471968788
- ISBN
- 9780471968788
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 451.15
€ 451.15
Paperback. Illuminating the dark side of economic globalization, this book gives an insider's view of the migrant farmworkers' binational circuit that stretches from the west central Mexico countryside to central California. Useful for all Americans, "The Farmworkers' Journey" traces the human consequences of our policy decisions. Num Pages: 361 pages, 38 b/w photographs, 1 line illustration, 6 maps, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 1KLCM; JFFN; JFSF; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 361
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520250734
- ISBN
- 9780520250734
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.27
€ 40.99
€ 29.27
Paperback. Brings together the story of the orange industry - how growers, scientists, and workers transformed the natural and social landscape of California, turning it into a factory for the production of millions of oranges. Num Pages: 402 pages, 31 b/w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 402
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520251670
- ISBN
- 9780520251670
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.39
€ 38.99
€ 28.39
Paperback. In September 1965, Filipino and Mexican American farm workers went on strike against grape growers in and around Delano, California. The strike became a movement for social justice that helped redefine Latino and American politics. Based on first-hand reportage and interviews, this book illuminates a moment of unusually significant social ferment. Num Pages: 225 pages, 26 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJPK; HBTB; JPVH; KNAC; KNXB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 45.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 225
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520254336
- ISBN
- 9780520254336
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.60
€ 36.99
€ 26.60