Feeding the world:an economic history of agriculture, 1800-2000

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Federico Giovanni 1954-
Published: Princeton University Press,
Publisher Address: Princeton
Publication Dates: c2005.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: The Princeton economic history of the Western world
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Carrier Form: xiv, 388 p.: ill., map ; 25 cm.
ISBN: 069112051X (cl. : alk. paper)
9780691120515 (cl. : alk. paper)
Index Number: F319
CLC: F319
Call Number: F319/F293
Contents: Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-380) and index.
Why is agriculture different? -- Trends in the long run -- Patterns of growth: the inputs -- The causes of growth: the increase in productivity -- Technical progress in agriculture -- The microeconomics of agricultural institutions -- Agricultural institutions and growth -- The state and the market -- Agriculture and economic growth in the long run.