04094nam 2200769 a 450 991079159640332120200520144314.01-282-96484-497866129648481-4008-3772-310.1515/9781400837724(CKB)2560000000049025(EBL)664563(OCoLC)707067722(SSID)ssj0000543677(PQKBManifestationID)12210935(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000543677(PQKBWorkID)10531143(PQKB)10004351(SSID)ssj0000484330(PQKBManifestationID)11332321(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000484330(PQKBWorkID)10574244(PQKB)11571977(OCoLC)899265836(MdBmJHUP)muse36819(DE-B1597)446716(OCoLC)979905234(DE-B1597)9781400837724(Au-PeEL)EBL664563(CaPaEBR)ebr10443104(CaONFJC)MIL296484(MiAaPQ)EBC664563(PPN)187275335(EXLCZ)99256000000004902520110311h20092005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFeeding the world[electronic resource] an economic history of agriculture, 1800-2000 /Giovanni FedericoCourse BookPrinceton, N.J. Princeton University Press2009, c20051 online resource (405 p.)Princeton economic history of the Western worldDescription based upon print version of record.0-691-12051-X 0-691-13853-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-380) and index. Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations/ List of Tables -- Preface -- Chapter One. Introduction -- Chapter Two. Why Is Agriculture Different? -- Chapter Three. Trends in the Long Run -- Chapter Four. Patterns of Growth: The Inputs -- Chapter Five. The Causes of Growth: The Increase in Productivity -- Chapter Six. Technical Progress in Agriculture -- Chapter Seven. The Microeconomics of Agricultural Institutions -- Chapter Eight. Agricultural Institutions and Growth -- Chapter Nine. The State and the Market -- Chapter Ten. Conclusions: Agriculture and Economic Growth in the Long Run -- Statistical Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- IndexIn the last two centuries, agriculture has been an outstanding, if somewhat neglected, success story. Agriculture has fed an ever-growing population with an increasing variety of products at falling prices, even as it has released a growing number of workers to the rest of the economy. This book, a comprehensive history of world agriculture during this period, explains how these feats were accomplished. Feeding the World synthesizes two hundred years of agricultural development throughout the world, providing all essential data and extensive references to the literature. It covers, systematically, all the factors that have affected agricultural performance: environment, accumulation of inputs, technical progress, institutional change, commercialization, agricultural policies, and more. The last chapter discusses the contribution of agriculture to modern economic growth. The book is global in its reach and analysis, and represents a grand synthesis of an enormous topic.Princeton economic history of the Western world.AgricultureEconomic aspectsHistory19th centuryAgricultureEconomic aspectsHistory20th centuryAgricultureEconomic aspectsHistoryAgricultureEconomic aspectsHistory338.109034NW 3920rvkFederico Giovanni381242MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910791596403321Feeding the world3811565UNINA