The Agricultural Systems of the World: An Evolutionary Approach

by David Grigg

Book Overview

This book is about the prevalent characteristics and distribution of the major agricultural systems of the world - shifting cultivation, wet rice cultivation, pastoral nomadism, Mediterranean agriculture, mixed farming, dairying, plantations, ranching and large-scale grain production. In Part One some major periods and processes that have affected agriculture are discussed. Chapter 2 deals with the origins and early diffusion of agriculture and its...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521098432
• ISBN13: 9780521098434
• Release Date: November 1974
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 372 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 8.7"