The Agricultural Systems of the World - An Evolutionary Approach (Paperback)

This work is about the characteristics and distribution of the major agricultural systems of the world - shifting cultivation, wet rice cultivation, pastoral nomadism, Mediterranean agriculture, mixed farming, dairying, plantations, ranching and large-scale grain production. In part one some major periods and processes which have affected modern agriculture are discussed. Chapter 2 deals with the origins and early diffusion of agriculture and its significance for the present. Chapter 3 deals with the subsequent diffusion of crops and livestock, particularly since the discovery of the New World, and Chapter 4 with the effect upon agriculture of industrialization and urbanization since 1850. In part two of the book some description of each type of agriculture is given. But it is the author's belief that there can be no adequate account of the present character of world agriculture without recourse to the evolution of agricultural systems. Thus each chapter in Part two is an essay on the historical development of each of the major systems.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Geographical Studies
Release date:	November 1974
First published:	1974
Authors:	D. B. Grigg
Dimensions:	226 x 150 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	372
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-09843-4
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Human geography > Economic geography Promotions
LSN:	0-521-09843-2
Barcode:	9780521098434

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