The Oxford handbook of agricultural history / edited by Jeannie Whayne.

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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2024.
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Series
Oxford handbooks online. [More in this series]
Summary note
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 labour.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
  • Making sense of land / Frank Uekötter
  • Soil fertility / Laurie E. Drinkwater
  • A short history of seed keeping / Helen Anne Curry
  • A history of livestock and people / Claire Strom
  • Insects, illness, and other biological contestations / Martha Few
  • Agricultural labor / Steve Striffler
  • Peasants and the peasantry / Jonathan Rigg
  • Women in agriculture / Pamela Riney-Kehrberg
  • Mechanization in agriculture / R. Douglas Hurt
  • The growing power of agricultural science / J. L. Anderson
  • Expert and knowledge networks / Deborah Fitzgerald
  • Commodity frontiers as drivers of global capitalism / Ulbe Bosma and Eric Vanhaute
  • Worker health in modern / Agriculture Michitake Aso
  • Corn / Elizabeth Fitting
  • Wheat / Thomas D. Isern
  • Rice / Peter A. Coclanis
  • Soy / Ernst Langthaler
  • Sugar / Suzanne Moon
  • Coffee / Stuart McCook
  • Bananas / Evan P. Bennett
  • Potatoes / Christopher Shepherd
  • Cotton / Jonathan Robins
  • Tobacco / Melissa N. Morris
  • Silk: a reconsideration of “failure” in sericulture / Lisa Onaga
  • Watershed moments: turning points in hydro-agricultural development / Christopher L. Pastore
  • The Islamic agricultural revolution / Michael J. Decker
  • Wet rice in East Asia: a long revolution / Francesca Bray
  • The Atlantic plantation / Trevor Burnard
  • Agriculture, the Atlantic plantation, and the environment in the US South / Jeannie Whayne
  • The British agricultural revolution / Richard Hoyle
  • Frontier agriculture and the creation of global neo-Europes / Jonathan Daly
  • Contestations over agricultural production in colonial Africa / Cassandra Mark-Thiesen
  • The global Green Revolution / Mark B. Tauger
  • Famine / Jenny Leigh Smith
  • Forest transition theory / Brett M. Bennett and Gregory A. Barton.
Other title(s)
  • Handbook of agricultural history
  • Agricultural history
ISBN
  • 9780190924188 (electronic book)
  • 0190924187 (electronic book)
  • 0-19-768544-7
  • 0-19-092417-9
OCLC
1416891966
Doi
  • 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190924164.001.0001
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