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Autore |
Duncan Colin A. M (Colin Adrien MacKinley), <1954-> |
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Titolo |
The centrality of agriculture : between humankind and the rest of nature / / Colin A.M. Duncan |
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Montreal ; ; Buffalo, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c1996 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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xx, 286 p. : ports. ; ; 24 cm |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Agriculture - Economic aspects |
Agriculture - Environmental aspects |
Agriculture - Social aspects |
Communism and agriculture |
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Formato |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-267) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front Matter -- Contents -- Tables and Photographs -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Agriculture as the Problem: Replacing the Economy in Nature and in Society -- Agriculture Privileged and Benign: English Capitalism in Its Light-Industrial Prime -- Agriculture Displaced and Disarrayed: The Industrializing (World) Economy as the Only Perceived Context for Human Activity in This Century -- Agricultural Biocontexts for Future Persons: Possible Forms for Communities Securely Placed in Nature -- Notes -- References -- References -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Using ecological, historical, humanist, institutionalist, and Marxist methodologies, Duncan argues that the entire project of developing the theory of political economy has been seriously sidetracked by industrialism. Using England as a case study he shows that the relationship between modernity and agriculture need not be uncomfortable and suggests ways in which the original socialist project can be rejuvenated to make it both more feasible and more attractive. Duncan concludes that no sustainable human future can be conceived unless and until the centrality of agriculture is properly recognized and new economic institutions are developed that will encourage people to take care of their landscapes. |
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