The Living Fields
Our Agricultural Heritage
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Product details:
- Publisher Cambridge University Press
- Date of Publication 7 September 1995
- ISBN 9780521401128
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages288 pages
- Size 236x160x23 mm
- Weight 610 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 40 b/w illus. 4 tables 0
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Short description:
A readable account of how, where and when humans learned to domesticate plants and animals.
MoreLong description:
All civilisations, ancient and modern, are founded on agriculture. In this fascinating account of one of the most fundamental aspects of humankind's march from prehistory to the present day, the author considers the evidence for the origins and evolution of agriculture in various parts of the world; a balanced view is presented based on the archaeology, botany, genetics, ecology and anthropology of domesticates and their wild relatives. The basic agricultural systems which emerged from areas yielding traces of the earliest plant and animal domestication are described, and their drastic modification in recent times is considered. In a concluding chapter the present situation is reviewed, and the possible risks of a system which now relies on a relatively small number of species to supply the majority of our food are discussed.
'... for all who wish to understand more fully the relations between humans and the plants, animals and environments on which they depend for life and survival, it will be a welcome and attractive introduction.' A. H. Bunting, Journal of Agricultural Science
Table of Contents:
1. 'Of Pride and Prejudice'... Jane Austen; 2. Evolution and revolution: the process of domestication; 3. Stones and bones; 4. The Near East; 5. Africa; 6. The Far East; 7. The Americas; 8. Some traditional techniques; 9. Where we stand; References; Index.
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