The social history of agriculture : from the origins to the current crisis / Christopher Isett and Stephen Miller.

Author: Isett, Christopher Mills, author.

Imprint:Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, 2016.

Descriptionxvi, 387 pages : ill., maps ; 24 cm

Note:Introduction -- Settled Agriculture: The Ancient Origins of Community, State, and Empire -- From Antiquity to the Eve of Agrarian Capitalism: Peasants and Dynastic States -- Agrarian Capitalism in the Early Modern World: Divergence in Eurasia -- Malthusian Limits in the Early Modern World: Peasants and Markets -- The New World: Planters, Slaves, and Sugar -- American Farming: Agrarian Roots of U.S. Capitalism -- New Imperialism: Colonial Agriculture in the Age of Capitalism -- Socialist Agriculture: Collectivization in Three Countries -- Late Development: State-led Agrarian Change after World War II -- Corporate Agriculture: Comparing the United States and Brazil -- Conclusion.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

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