The Oxford handbook of agricultural history

• Titel: The Oxford handbook of agricultural history
• Mitwirkende: Whayne, Jeannie M. [HerausgeberIn]
• Verf.angabe: edited by Jeannie Whayne
• Verlagsort: New York, NY
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• E-Jahr: 2024
• Jahr: [2024]
• Umfang: 1 Online-Ressource (823 ungezählte Seiten)
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: Oxford handbooks
• ISBN: 978-0-19-768544-0
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Druck-Ausgabe: Whayne, Jeannie M., 1948 - : The Oxford Handbook of Agricultural History. - Oxford University Press, 2024. - 672 Seiten
• K10plus-PPN: 1880597144
• K10plus-PPN:
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• Lokale URL UB: Zum Volltext

Abstract

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.

Abstract

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Contributors -- Introduction: Agriculture from Pre-History to the Present -- Part I. Timeless Essentials -- 1. Making Sense of Land -- 2. Soil Fertility -- 3. A Short History of Seed Keeping -- 4. A History of Livestock and People -- 5. Insects, Illness, and Other Biological Contestations -- 6. Agricultural Labor -- 7. Peasants and the Peasantry -- 8. Women in Agriculture -- Part II. Modern Essentials -- 9. Mechanization in Agriculture -- 10. The Growing Power of Agricultural Science -- 11. Expert and Knowledge Networks -- 12. Commodity Frontiers as Drivers of Global Capitalism -- 13. Worker Health in Modern Agriculture -- Part III. Exemplary Commodities -- 14. Corn -- 15. Wheat -- 16. Rice -- 17. Soy -- 18. Sugar -- 19. Coffee -- 20. Bananas -- 21. Potatoes -- 22. Cotton -- 23. Tobacco -- 24. Silk: A Reconsideration of "Failure" in Sericulture -- Part IV. Key Transitions and Challenges -- 25. Watershed Moments: Turning Points in Hydro-Agricultural Development -- 26. The Islamic Agricultural Revolution -- 27. Wet Rice in East Asia: A Long Revolution -- 28. The Atlantic Plantation -- 29. Agriculture, the Atlantic Plantation, and the Environment in the US South -- 30. The British Agricultural Revolution -- 31. Frontier Agriculture and the Creation of Global Neo-Europes -- 32. Contestations over Agricultural Production in Colonial Africa -- 33. The Global Green Revolution -- 34. Famine -- 35. Forest Transition Theory -- Index.