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The Dynamics of Agricultural Change: The Historical Experience book cover

1st Edition

The Dynamics of Agricultural Change The Historical Experience

By David Grigg Copyright 1982
262 Pages
by Routledge

262 Pages
by Routledge

262 Pages
by Routledge
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First published in 1982. Until the nineteenth-century the history of agriculture was the history of mankind but it has not perhaps received the wide attention that this importance justifies. In this study, the author reviews for the student of agricultural history successive attempts to describe and explain agricultural changes that are not specific to a limited area or a particular time. In a... Read more

List of Tables;  List of Figures;  Acknowledgements;  1. Introduction;  Part One: Population and Agricultural Change;  2. The Adverse Consequences of Population Growth  3. The Positive Consequences of Population Growth;  Part Two: Environment and Agricultural Change;  4. Price, Technology and Environment  5. Agricultural Systems as Ecosystems  6. Climatic Change and Farming History;  Part Three: Industrialization and Agricultural Change;  7. The Nature of Peasant Societies  8. Structural Transformation and Turning Points  9. Industrialization, Demand and New Technologies  10. Transport and Agricultural Change;  Part Four: The Pace of Change;  11. The Diffusion of Agricultural Innovations  12. The Definition and Measurement of Production and Productivity Growth in Agriculture  13. Agricultural Revolutions in Europe;  Part Five: Institutions and Agricultural Change;  14. Class, Region and Revolution  15. On the Frontier  16. Conclusions;  Notes and References;  Index

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David Grigg

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