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An An Ecological History of Agriculture 10,000 BC to AD 10,000
Daniel E Vasey
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Hardcover. An Ecological History of Agriculture, 10,000 B.C. - A.D. 10,000 opens with the first known agriculture and ends in a future in which we might have to use fewer resources to feed more people. The book describes past and present agriculture and looks at future possibilities. Num Pages: 363 pages. BIC Classification: RNC; TV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 172 x 33. Weight in Grams: 730.
An Ecological History of Agriculture, 10,000 B.C.-A.D. 10,000 opens with the first known agriculture and ends in a future in which we might have to use fewer resources to feed more people. The book describes past and present agriculture and looks at future possibilities.
Using environment, population, and available energy sources as the principal determinants of agricultural systems, this is the first survey to cover preindustrial agriculture and pastoralism on all inhabited continents and from equatorial forest to tundra. The tropics present a tapestry: slash-and-burn in the forests, multistoried gardens of trees and annuals, combinations of cultivation and nomadic ... Read more
An Ecological History of Agriculture, 10,000 B.C.-A.D. 10,000 opens with the first known agriculture and ends in a future in which we might have to use fewer resources to feed more people. The book describes past and present agriculture and looks at future possibilities.
Using environment, population, and available energy sources as the principal determinants of agricultural systems, this is the first survey to cover preindustrial agriculture and pastoralism on all inhabited continents and from equatorial forest to tundra. The tropics present a tapestry: slash-and-burn in the forests, multistoried gardens of trees and annuals, combinations of cultivation and nomadic ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Purdue University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
376
Place of Publication
West Lafayette, United States
ISBN
9781557532725
SKU
V9781557532725
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About Daniel E Vasey
Daniel E. Vasey is professor and chair, Department of Sociology, Divine Word College, Epworth, Iowa. He received an A.B. in history from Rutgers University and a Ph.D. in anthropology from Southern Illinois University. His post-graduate work on human ecology at Southern Illinois University led to an interest in the human role in managing ecosystems and in building environments. He spent ... Read more
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