A reference work built around individual events in agricultural history. It presents 150 essays on the rise and development of agriculture throughout the world. It encompasses various aspects of human cultivation of food and fiber crops and the raising of poultry and livestock for human use.
A fascinating study of a rarely covered topic, Agriculture in History is the first reference set built around individual events in agricultural history. Coverage goes as far back as the rise of agriculture in northern Africa and Asia in 9000 B.C.E through the modern technological advances of today.