TY - BOOK AU - Federico,Giovanni TI - Feeding the World: An Economic History of Agriculture, 1800-2000 T2 - The Princeton Economic History of the Western World SN - 9780691138534 AV - HD1411 .F43 2009eb U1 - 338.109034 22 PY - 2010///] CY - Princeton, NJ : PB - Princeton University Press, KW - Agriculture KW - Economic aspects KW - History KW - 19th century KW - 20th century KW - Agriculture; Economic aspects; History, 19th century KW - Agriculture; Economic aspects; History, 20th century KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History KW - bisacsh N1 - 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; restricted access; Issued also in print N2 - 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 UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400837724 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781400837724 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781400837724.jpg ER -