LEADER 04099nam 2200769 a 450 001 9910458949603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-96484-4 010 $a9786612964848 010 $a1-4008-3772-3 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400837724 035 $a(CKB)2560000000049025 035 $a(EBL)664563 035 $a(OCoLC)707067722 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000543677 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12210935 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000543677 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10531143 035 $a(PQKB)10004351 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000484330 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11332321 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000484330 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10574244 035 $a(PQKB)11571977 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC664563 035 $a(OCoLC)899265836 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse36819 035 $a(DE-B1597)446716 035 $a(OCoLC)979905234 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400837724 035 $a(PPN)187275335 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL664563 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10443104 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL296484 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000049025 100 $a20110311h20092005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFeeding the world$b[electronic resource] $ean economic history of agriculture, 1800-2000 /$fGiovanni Federico 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton, N.J. $cPrinceton University Press$d2009, c2005 215 $a1 online resource (405 p.) 225 1 $aPrinceton economic history of the Western world 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-12051-X 311 $a0-691-13853-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [325]-380) and index. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tContents -- $tList of Illustrations/ List of Tables -- $tPreface -- $tChapter One. Introduction -- $tChapter Two. Why Is Agriculture Different? -- $tChapter Three. Trends in the Long Run -- $tChapter Four. Patterns of Growth: The Inputs -- $tChapter Five. The Causes of Growth: The Increase in Productivity -- $tChapter Six. Technical Progress in Agriculture -- $tChapter Seven. The Microeconomics of Agricultural Institutions -- $tChapter Eight. Agricultural Institutions and Growth -- $tChapter Nine. The State and the Market -- $tChapter Ten. Conclusions: Agriculture and Economic Growth in the Long Run -- $tStatistical Appendix -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aIn the last two centuries, agriculture has been an outstanding, if somewhat neglected, success story. Agriculture has fed an ever-growing population with an increasing variety of products at falling prices, even as it has released a growing number of workers to the rest of the economy. This book, a comprehensive history of world agriculture during this period, explains how these feats were accomplished. Feeding the World synthesizes two hundred years of agricultural development throughout the world, providing all essential data and extensive references to the literature. It covers, systematically, all the factors that have affected agricultural performance: environment, accumulation of inputs, technical progress, institutional change, commercialization, agricultural policies, and more. The last chapter discusses the contribution of agriculture to modern economic growth. The book is global in its reach and analysis, and represents a grand synthesis of an enormous topic. 410 0$aPrinceton economic history of the Western world. 606 $aAgriculture$xEconomic aspects$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aAgriculture$xEconomic aspects$xHistory$y20th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAgriculture$xEconomic aspects$xHistory 615 0$aAgriculture$xEconomic aspects$xHistory 676 $a338.109034 700 $aFederico$b Giovanni$0381242 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910458949603321 996 $aFeeding the world$92492987 997 $aUNINA