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Title: The Social History of Agriculture

Subtitle: From the Origins to the Current Crisis

Author: Christopher Isett, Stephen Miller

Narrator: Ronald Bruce Meyer

Format: Unabridged

Length: 15 hrs and 20 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-19-17

Publisher: University Press Audiobooks

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: History, World

Publisher's Summary:

This text provides a compelling narrative world history through the lens of food and farmers. Tracing the world history of agriculture from earliest times to the present, Isett and Miller argue that people rather than markets have been the primary agents of agricultural change, exploring the actions taken by individuals and groups over time.

The book is published by Rowman & Littlefield.

Critic Reviews:

"Written with tremendous clarity and verve by two scholars in complete command of their subject, this is one of the best works of analytical history to have been published in recent years." (Vivek Chibber, New York University)

"An invaluable contribution for scholars, students at all levels, and general readers alike, it truly is a tour de force." (Robert Brenner, University of California - Los Angeles)

Members Reviews:

thoughtful analysis for recent changes, but not early ones

This is a good book summarizing the recent (last 2400 years) development and change of agricultural economies, but mostly in western Asia and Europe. The information for other parts of the world is scant. Also, the discussion of agricultural origins is very poor, ignoring most recent findings and following a set of untenable assumptions that were popular 50 years ago, both agro-centric and Euro-Mesopotamia-centric. But as far as interpreting the socio-economic and agronomic changes from antiquity onward, it is a good read, thoughtful and well-reasoned, even thugh some will disagree with certain conclusions.