The Social History of Agriculture cover art

The Social History of Agriculture

From the Origins to the Current Crisis

 Preview
Try Premium Plus free
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

The Social History of Agriculture

By: Christopher Isett, Stephen Miller
Narrated by: Ronald Bruce Meyer
Try Premium Plus free

£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £18.99

Buy Now for £18.99

Confirm Purchase
Pay using card ending in
Switch payment method
By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. Please see our Privacy Notice, Cookies Notice and Interest-based Ads Notice.
Cancel

About this listen

This text provides a compelling narrative world history through the lens of food and farmers. Tracing the world history of agriculture from earliest times to the present, Isett and Miller argue that people rather than markets have been the primary agents of agricultural change, exploring the actions taken by individuals and groups over time.

The book is published by Rowman & Littlefield.

©2017 Rowman & Littlefield (P)2017 Redwood Audiobooks Agricultural & Food Sciences Science World Imperialism Ancient History Agriculture History

Listeners also enjoyed...

 A Revolution Down on the Farm cover art
Slavery's Capitalism cover art
Imperialism the Highest Stage of Capitalism cover art
Nature's Metropolis cover art
The Jakarta Method cover art
The One-Straw Revolution cover art
What Your Food Ate cover art
Nothing but Freedom cover art
Out of Poverty cover art
Any Way You Slice It cover art
1493 for Young People cover art
The Figure of the Migrant cover art
Accounting for Slavery cover art
Perilous Bounty cover art
Animal, Vegetable, Junk cover art
Oceans of Grain cover art

Critic reviews

"Written with tremendous clarity and verve by two scholars in complete command of their subject, this is one of the best works of analytical history to have been published in recent years." (Vivek Chibber, New York University)
"An invaluable contribution for scholars, students at all levels, and general readers alike, it truly is a tour de force." (Robert Brenner, University of California - Los Angeles)
All stars
Most relevant  
I enjoyed this book very much, it filled in some important gaps in my understanding about world history and the role of agriculture in different times and places. The style is quite dense and academic, it's not written in a popular history style. Sometimes I felt the authors were overly concerned with pushing a particular interpretation of the course of history, but this did not detract from my enjoyment and learning. So as long as you are prepared to concentrate and are interested in the subject, I can heartily recommend this audiobook

Very interesting, a little dense

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Excellent book. I particularly enjoyed the discussion of the cotton industry in Togo.

It was almost worth giving Jeff Bezos £6 for. But I'll take comfort in the fact that, however obscenely rich he gets, he can't buy his hair back.

Good book.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.