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“arnold pacey”

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  • Technology in World Civilization, revised and expanded edition

    A Thousand-Year History

    by Arnold Pacey, Francesca Bray ...
    The new edition of a milestone work on the global history of technology.This milestone history of technology, first published in 1990 and now revised and expanded in light of recent research, broke new ground by taking a global view, avoiding the conventional Eurocentric perspective and placing the development of technology squarely in the context of a "world civilization." Case studies include ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Agricultural Development and Nutrition

    Edited by Arnold Pacey ...
    This book is an expose of the many food consumption-related problems which need to be considered alongside agricultural production issues in development. It examines factors that determine the degree to which people have access to food and can assimilate its nutrients. ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

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    by Garry Egger & Boyd Swinburn ...
    Explores how affluence and the development of new technologies has come at a huge, and potentially devastating, cost - an epidemic of obesity and a world clogged by waste. Obesity is 'collateral damage in the battle for modernity'. It's an unintended but unavoidable consequence of economic progress. Obesity is not a disease but a signal. It's the canary in the coalmine, which should alert us to ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Humans

    A Brief History of How We F*cked It All Up

    by Tom Phillips ...
    "If Sapiens was a testament to human sophistication, this history of failure cheerfully reminds us that humans are mostly idiots." —Greg Jenner, author of A Million Years in a DayNow an International BestsellerA Toronto Star–Bestselling Book of the YearModern humans have come a long way in the seventy thousand years they've walked the earth. Art, science, culture, trade—on the evolutionary food ... Read more

    $11.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Rational Optimist

    How Prosperity Evolves

    by Matt Ridley ...
    “A delightful and fascinating book filled with insight and wit, which will make you think twice and cheer up.” — Steven PinkerIn a bold and provocative interpretation of economic history, Matt Ridley, the New York Times-bestselling author of Genome and The Red Queen, makes the case for an economics of hope, arguing that the benefits of commerce, technology, innovation, and change—what Ridley calls ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

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  • Milk and Dairy Products in Human Nutrition

    by FAOoftheUN ...
    Milk and dairy products are a vital source of nutrition for many people. They also present livelihood opportunities for farm families, processors and other stakeholders in dairy value chains. Consumers, industry and governments need up-to-date information on how milk and dairy products can contribute to human nutrition and how dairy-industry development can best contribute to increasing food ... Read more

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  • Energy and Civilization

    A History

    by Vaclav Smil ...
    **A BILL GATES “BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR”A comprehensive account of how energy has shaped 10,000 years of human history, from pre-agricultural foraging societies through today’s fossil fuel–driven civilization.**Energy is the only universal currency; it is necessary for getting anything done. The conversion of energy on Earth ranges from terra-forming forces of plate tectonics to cumulative erosive ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

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  • The Escape from Hunger and Premature Death, 1700–2100

    Europe, America, and the Third World

    by Robert William Fogel ...
    Series Book 38 - Cambridge Studies in Population, Economy and Society in Past Time
    Nobel laureate Robert Fogel's compelling study, first published in 2004, examines health, nutrition and technology over the last three centuries and beyond. Throughout most of human history, chronic malnutrition has been the norm. During the past three centuries, however, a synergy between improvements in productive technology and in human physiology has enabled humans to more than double their ... Read more

    $27.89 USD

  • Food Policy: Integrating health, environment and society

    Integrating health, environment and society

    by Tim Lang, David Barling, Martin Caraher ...
    For over half a century, food policy has mapped a path for progress based upon a belief that the right mix of investment, scientific input, and human skills could unleash a surge in productive capacity which would resolve humanity's food-related health and welfare problems. It assumed that more food would yield greater health and happiness by driving down prices, increasing availability, and ... Read more

    $79.19 USD

  • Cleaner, Greener, Healthier

    A Prescription for Stronger Canadian Environmental Laws and Policies

    by David R. Boyd ...
    Series series Law and Society
    Despite Canada’s enduring image as a natural paradise, every year thousands of Canadians become ill or die prematurely as a result of exposure to environmental hazards. Canadians understand that their health is inextricably linked to the health of the environment and are deeply concerned about the impacts of toxic substances on themselves and their children.In Cleaner, Greener, Healthier, David R. ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Land Use and Food Security in 2050: a Narrow Road

    Agrimonde-Terra

    by Chantal le Mouël, Marie de Lattre-Gasquet, Olivier Mora ...
    Series series Matière à débattre et décider
    After a first foresight study on ‘World food security in 2050’ (Agrimonde), CIRAD and INRA have turned their attention to a new foresight exercise on ‘Land use and food security in 2050’ (Agrimonde-Terra). This new study seeks to highlight levers that could modify ongoing land-use patterns for improved food and nutrition security.Agrimonde-Terra proposes a trend analysis on the global context, ... Read more

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  • Poverty And The Environment: Understanding Linkages At The Household Level

    by World Bank ...
    Drawing upon recent analytical work prepared inside and outside the World Bank, this report identifies key lessons concerning the linkages between poverty and the environment. With a focus on the contribution of environmental resources to household welfare, the analysis increases our understanding of how specific reforms and interventions can have an impact on the health and livelihoods of poor ... Read more

    $8.69 USD