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020 $a0521401127 (hardback)
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050 00 $aGN799.A4$bH37 1995
082 00 $a630/.9$220
100 1 $aHarlan, Jack R.$q(Jack Rodney)$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83825404
245 14 $aThe living fields :$bour agricultural heritage /$cJack R. Harlan.
260 $aCambridge [England] ;$aNew York, NY, USA :$bCambridge University Press,$c1995.
263 $a9512
300 $axi, 271 pages :$billustrations, maps ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 00 $gCh. 1.$tOf pride and prejudice --$gCh. 2.$tEvolution and revolution: the processes of domestication --$gCh. 3.$tStones and bones --$gCh. 4.$tThe Near East --$gCh. 5.$tAfrica --$gCh. 6.$tThe Far East --$gCh. 7.$tThe Americas --$gCh. 8.$tSome traditional techniques --$gCh. 9.$tWhere we stand.
520 $aAll civilisations, ancient and modern, are founded on agriculture. In this fascinating account of one of the most fundamental aspects of humankind's march from prehistory to the present day, the author considers the evidence for the origin and evolution of agriculture in various parts of the world and presents a balanced view based on the archaeology, botany, genetics, ecology and anthropology of domesticates and their wild relatives.
520 8 $aThe basic agricultural systems, which emerged from areas yielding traces of the earliest plant and animal domestication, are described and their drastic modification in recent times considered. In a concluding chapter the present situation is reviewed, and the possible risk to a system that now relies on a relatively small number of species to supply the majority of our food is discussed.
650 0 $aAgriculture$xOrigin.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85002444
650 0 $aPlants, Cultivated$xHistory.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85102886
650 0 $aCrops$xHistory.
650 0 $aTraditional farming$xHistory.
650 0 $aPlant remains (Archaeology)$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85102808
852 00 $bglx$hGN799.A4$iH37 1995