Ecological Hist of Agriculture 10000 Bc-Ad 10000

Daniel Vasey

yan 1992 · Purdue University Press

À propos de cet e-book

An Ecological History of Agriculture, 10,000 B.C. - A.D. 10,000 opens with the first known agriculture and ends in a future in which we might have to use fewer resources to feed more people. The book describes past and present agriculture and looks at future possibilities.

À propos de l'auteur

Daniel E. Vasey is professor and chair, Department of Sociology, Divine Word College, Epworth, Iowa. He received an A.B. in history from Rutgers University and a Ph.D. in anthropology from Southern Illinois University. His post-graduate work on human ecology at Southern Illinois University led to an interest in the human role in managing ecosystems and in building environments. He spent several years in Papua New Guinea and has traveled extensively in England and Iceland.