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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishings Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the worlds literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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Originally published in 1906.This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies.All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This is a Ph.D. dissertation. Why do farmers intensify their agricultural practices? The Iraqw'ar Da/aw area in the Mbulu Highlands of northern Tanzania has long been known for its intensive cultivation, and referred to as an "island" within a matrix of less intensive land use.

The conventional explanation for its characteristics has been high population densities resulting from the prevention of expansion by hostility from surrounding pastoral groups, leading to a siege-like situation.

Drawing on an intensive program of interviews, detailed field mapping and studies of aerial photographs, early traveler's accounts and landscape photographs, this study challenges that explanation. The study concludes that the process of agricultural intensification has largely been its own driving force, based on self-reinforcing processing of change, and not a consequence of land scarcity. ... Read more

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This book deals with the agronomy of ancient Mesopotamia. It relies on theoriginal, yet hardly known, agronomic encyclopaedia: The "Book ofNabatean Agriculture" written by Qutama (end of Antiquity).The three parts of the book analyze the origin of the Mesopotamian school ofagriculture and its economic and agro-technical conceptions.The material is a considerable contribution to the history of theMesopotamian agriculture. It also contains the knowledge which was basic tothe establishment of the agronomic culture of Islam. Besides, the historiansof agronomy could, thanks to this new material, relate the Mesopotamiancontribution to the development of the science of agriculture. FR Ce livre traite de l'agronomie de la Mesopotamie antique. Il se base sur uneencyclopedie agronomique originale et tres peu connue: le `Livre del'Agriculture Nabateenne', ecrit par un auteur babylonien, Qutama, vers la finde l'Antiquite.Les trois parties de l'ouvrage etudient l'origine de l'ecole agronomiquemesopotamienne et ses conceptions economiques et agro-techniques.L'ensemble de la matiere constitue un apport considerable pour l'histoire del'agriculture mesopotamienne. On peut egalement y trouver la richesse d'unsavoir qui a ete a l'origine de la fondation de la culture agronomique del'Islam.En outre, les historiens de l'agronomie pourront, grace a ce materielnouveau, integrer la contribution mesopotamienne au progres de la scienceagricole.CURRIC.Mohammed El Faiz, Doctorat d'Etat (1987) en economie, Universite deCasablanca, est professeur d'Histoire Economique a l'Universite de Marrakech.Il a publie des articles et collabore a des ouvrages consacres aux themes del'agronomie mesopotamienne et musulmane. ... Read more

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In this volume leading historians and economists from India and the West consider the conditions and purposes governing the practices and understandings of South Asian agriculture. They demonstrate some persistent features and variable forces which explain changes through their impact on different levels of decision-making in agriculture. New light is cast on both the pre-colonial and colonial periods, and on current development policies and problems. ... Read more

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Originally published in 1794, this curiously brief volume packs in a good overview, together with an Appendix with a different approach, and some different opinions! ... Read more

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Subtitle: Being a General Description of the Negro Republic, With Its History, Commerce, Agriculture, Flora, Fauna, and Present Methods of AdministrationGeneral Books publication date: 2009Original publication date: 1920Original Publisher: C. ScribnerSubjects: LiberiaHistory / Africa / GeneralHistory / Africa / WestJuvenile Nonfiction / People ... Read more

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History of the Davis College of Agriculture, Forestry, and Consumer Sciences chronicles changes in West Virginia Agricultural College, which was formed in a fledgling state, only recently granted statehood during the nation's greatest internal conflict. It was the seedbed for West Virginia University, the largest university in West Virginia. The college adapted during the twentieth century: admitting women, at first in domestic sciences and now into all programs; adding diverse disciplines - biochemistry, forestry, landscape architecture, recreation, textiles, wildlife, etc; and earning international recognition as an institution of higher learning. Through the guiding hands of the faculty, the college remains a distinctive entity within West Virginia University. ... Read more

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great historic overview of West Virginia's foremost Agricultural College.This book is writen by one of the finest professors at WVU. ... Read more

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process.We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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A history of British colonial agriculture, 1492-1948. ... Read more

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Originally published in 1899.This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies.All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume. ... Read more

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Originally published in 1811. The General Views of the Agriculture of the Counties of Scotland were an effective companion to the First Statistical Account. Although accounts of individual parishes are not included, the attention to detail provided gives a revealing portrait of the day-to-day circumstances of the substantial rural population at the end of the eighteenth century. Far more informative than the Statistical Account in terms of the reality of life. Contents include chapters on geographical background, the State of property, Buildings, Mode of Occupation, Implements, Enclosures, Arable Land, Grass, Gardens, Woods, Livestock, the Rural economy, Political Economy, and obstacles to improvement. ... Read more