[PDF.33yg] Alternative Agriculture: A History: From the Black Death to the Present Day

Alternative Agriculture: A History: From the Black Death to the Present Day

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 | #3037223 in Books |  2000-04-20 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.10 x.90 x6.10l,1.18 | File type: PDF | 384 pages

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||3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.| Historical Perspective Relevant to the Local Food Movement|By Amanda from MA CT NJ|Though written as an academic publication, this book moves quickly to document changes in agricultural practice caused by fluctuations in population and food demands. Thirsk's basic premise is that at several points in British history (incuding after the black death, and during the agricultural| ||"Thirsk writes with relish about the successes and failures of alternative agriculture. Her book is a delightful guide to a subject that has perhaps not been treated in the past with the seriousness it deserves. Certainly, no one has ever written such a cle

People like to believe in a past golden age of "traditional" English countryside, before large farms, machinery, and the destruction of hedgerows changed the landscape forever. Yet crops from the past like flax, hemp, rapeseed, and woad are gradually reappearing in the "modern" countryside. Thirsk reveals how the forces which drive the current interest in alternative forms of agriculture--a glut of mainstream meat and cereal crops, changing patterns of diet, the needs of...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Alternative Agriculture: A History: From the Black Death to the Present Day   |  Joan Thirsk. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.

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