Feeding the World : : An Economic History of Agriculture, 1800-2000 / / Giovanni Federico.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Federico, Giovanni,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2010]; ©2005
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Edition: Course Book
• Language: English
• Series: The Princeton Economic History of the Western World ; 34
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (416 p.) :; 4 line illus. 65 tables.
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; List of Illustrations/ List of Tables --; Preface --; Chapter One. Introduction --; Chapter Two. Why Is Agriculture Different? --; Chapter Three. Trends in the Long Run --; Chapter Four. Patterns of Growth: The Inputs --; Chapter Five. The Causes of Growth: The Increase in Productivity --; Chapter Six. Technical Progress in Agriculture --; Chapter Seven. The Microeconomics of Agricultural Institutions --; Chapter Eight. Agricultural Institutions and Growth --; Chapter Nine. The State and the Market --; Chapter Ten. Conclusions: Agriculture and Economic Growth in the Long Run --; Statistical Appendix --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781400837724; 9783110442502
• DOI: 10.1515/9781400837724
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Giovanni Federico.

In the last two centuries, agriculture has been an outstanding, if somewhat neglected, success story. Agriculture has fed an ever-growing population with an increasing variety of products at falling prices, even as it has released a growing number of workers to the rest of the economy. This book, a comprehensive history of world agriculture during this period, explains how these feats were accomplished. Feeding the World synthesizes two hundred years of agricultural development throughout the world, providing all essential data and extensive references to the literature. It covers, systematically, all the factors that have affected agricultural performance: environment, accumulation of inputs, technical progress, institutional change, commercialization, agricultural policies, and more. The last chapter discusses the contribution of agriculture to modern economic growth. The book is global in its reach and analysis, and represents a grand synthesis of an enormous topic.