"As interest has increased in topics such as the globalization of the agrifood system, food security, and food safety, the subjects of food and agriculture are making their way into a growing number of courses in disciplines within the social sciences and the humanities, like so…
"Agriculture in the United States has changed dramatically in the last two hundred years. Economic transformation marked by the expansion of the industrial economy and big business has contributed to an increase in industrial food production. Amid this change, policymakers and c…
"Agriculture in the United States has changed dramatically in the last two hundred years. Economic transformation marked by the expansion of the industrial economy and big business has contributed to an increase in industrial food production. Amid this change, policymakers and c…
This book draws upon selected, revised and edited papers from a conference of rural geographers from the UK, USA and Canada, held at the Universities of Plymouth and Exeter. It focuses on rural regions, which are facing conflicting demands, pressures and challenges, which themse…
"This book draws upon selected, revised and edited papers from a conference of rural geographers from the UK, the USA and Canada, held at the Universities of Plymouth and Exeter. It focuses on rural regions that are facing conflicting demands, pressures and challenges, having fa…
This is a major contribution to the economic and social history of a mysterious period, the years around 1500, using new evidence and methods of analysis. It presents a fresh and engaging view of history by highlighting an individual, John Heritage.
"... This book is about a wool merchant and large scale farmer who epitomises in many ways the spirit of the period. John Heritage kept an account book, from which we can reconstruct a whole society in the vicinity of Moreton in Marsh, Gloucestershire. He took part in the remova…
