TY  - BOOK
AU  - Federico,Giovanni
TI  - Feeding the world: an economic history of agriculture, 1800-2000 
T2  - The Princeton economic history of the Western world
SN  - 9781400837724
AV  - HD1411 .F43 2009eb
U1  - 338.109034 23
PY  - 2009///, ©2005
CY  - Princeton, N.J., Oxford
PB  - Princeton University Press
KW  - Agriculture
KW  - Economic aspects
KW  - History
KW  - 19th century
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Aspect économique
KW  - Histoire
KW  - 19e siècle
KW  - 20e siècle
KW  - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
KW  - Industries
KW  - Agribusiness
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING
KW  - Sustainable Agriculture
KW  - General
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - gtlm
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-380) 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 -- Conclusions: agriculture and economic growth in the long run
N2  - In 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, systematica
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