1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910465719703321

Autore

Bridges Edwin C.

Titolo

Alabama : the making of an American state / / Edwin C. Bridges

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa, Alabama : , : The University of Alabama Press, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

0-8173-9084-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 p.)

Disciplina

976.1

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Alabama History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The first Alabamians : from about 11,000 BC to AD 1700 -- The land of the Indians : 1702 to 1814 -- Cotton state : 1814 to 1861 -- Civil War and reconstruction : 1861 to 1875 -- Mines, mills, and mules : 1875 to 1914 -- Shaking the foundations : 1914 to 1955 -- Changing times : 1955 to 2010.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910337923103321

Autore

Wojtkowski Paul

Titolo

Agroecology : Simplified and Explained / / by Paul Wojtkowski

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019

ISBN

3-319-93209-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (448 pages)

Disciplina

577.55

Soggetti

Environment

Agriculture

Ecology

Botany

Environmental economics

Environment, general

Plant Sciences

Environmental Economics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Chapter1: Introduction -- Chapter2: Agroecosystem Design -- Chapter3: The Agroecological Matrix -- Chapter4: Agrotechnologies -- Chapter 5: Productive Intercropping -- Chapter6: Feed Systems and Facilitative Intercrops -- Chapter7: Complex Agroecosystems -- Chapter8: Risk -- Chapter9: Landscape Agroecology -- Chapter10: Advanced Economics -- Chapter11: Macro-Challenges -- Chapter12: Summary.

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents the core elements that underwrite agroecology. Expressed across twelve chapters, the universality of the core is the essence of agroecology. This alone would be of interest to researchers, students, and academics. Furthermore, the book contains a long, detailed, and inclusive glossary that, with over 160 entries, elaborates on the topics presented. Included are recent developments as well as time-tested, traditional farm practices. The book also advances the theoretical base, fills gaps in the published research, and suggests future opportunities and future directions. The book is internationally



oriented, presenting both temperate and tropical agriculture. The book begins by comparing agroecology against conventional, monoculturally-based agriculture. In doing so, it defines the unique features of agroecology and their significance in achieving sustainable and environmentally-friendly agriculture. The book goes on to discuss the underlying technologies, the various manifestations of biodiversity, and the risk countermeasures associated with agroecology. This includes the farm landscape as a positive base for ecology, and how, if used well, it can produce major economic growth. The book concludes by summarizing the key findings, and assessing the macro-challenges facing agroecology.