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The agricultural system that sustains modern society will eventually destroy it, argues this gloomy ecohistory. Leeds University agricultural researcher Fraser and Boston journalist Rimas survey a range of premodern civilizations, including Sumer, Han China, and medieval Europe, to distill the... read more
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“About our food empire, the doomsayers will continue to grumble while the optimists put their faith in technology or God. The pessimists at least have the backing of history. For ten thousand years, human beings have built food empires and whittled them back into parched earth and hunger.”
First Sentence edit
A brown dusk hangs above the Yangtze River as it drifts, hazy as stale tea, through the concrete warrens of Middle China.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Evan D. G. Fraser (Author)
- Anrew Rimas (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 641.309
Subjects edit
- Books › Science › Agricultural Sciences › History
- Books › History › Ancient › Early Civilization
- Books › History › Historical Study › Social History
- Books › Business & Investing › Economics
- Books › History › World
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