The Biodemography of Subsistence Farming - Population, Food and Family (Hardcover)

Viewing the subsistence farm as primarily a 'demographic enterprise' to create and support a family, this book offers an integrated view of the demography and ecology of preindustrial farming. Taking an interdisciplinary perspective, it examines how traditional farming practices interact with demographic processes such as childbearing, death, and family formation. It includes topics such as household nutrition, physiological work capacity, health and resistance to infectious diseases, as well as reproductive performance and mortality. The book argues that the farming household is the most informative scale at which to study the biodemography and physiological ecology of preindustrial, non-commercial agriculture. It offers a balanced appraisal of the farming system, considering its strengths and limitations, as well as the implications of viewing it as a 'demographic enterprise' rather than an economic one. A valuable resource for graduate students and researchers in biological and physical anthropology, cultural anthropology, natural resource management, agriculture and ecology.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology
Release date:	April 2020
Authors:	James W. Wood
Dimensions:	252 x 180 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	512
ISBN-13:	978-1-107-03341-2
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Management of land & natural resources Books > Professional & Technical > Agriculture & farming > General Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmental economics > Sustainability Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General
LSN:	1-107-03341-1
Barcode:	9781107033412

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