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“professor michael winter”

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  • The Real Agricultural Revolution

    The Transformation of English Farming, 1939-1985

    by Paul Brassley, Professor Michael Winter, Professor Matt Lobley, Professor David Harvey ...
    "This meticulously researched book gives a detailed and authoritative history of agricultural change in the second half of the twentieth century. The book skilfully weaves together the hitherto underexplored individual returns of the Farm Management Survey with oral histories of the farmers who enacted change on the ground to offer an incisive account of the complex technological, political and ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

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  • Meat

    A Benign Extravagance

    by Simon Fairlie ...
    Meat: A Benign Extravagance is an exploration of the difficult environmental, ethical and health issues surrounding the human consumption of animal flesh. It lays out in detail the reasons why we must decrease the amount of meat we eat, both for the planet and for ourselves and explores how different forms of agriculture shape our landscape and culture. At the heart of this book, Simon Fairlie ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Mill: Fifty Years of Pulp and Protest

    by Joan Baxter ...
    For fifty years, the pulp mill near Pictou in northern Nova Scotia has buoyed the local economy and found support from governments at all levels. But it has also pulped millions of acres of forests, spewed millions of tonnes of noxious emissions into the air, consumed quadrillions of litres of fresh water and then pumped them out again as toxic effluent into nearby Boat Harbour, and eventually ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • Agriculture

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Paul Brassley, Richard Soffe ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Agriculture, one of the oldest human occupations, is practised all over the world, using techniques ranging from the profoundly traditional to the most scientifically advanced. Without it we would starve. Yet how many of us understand what is happening in the fields that we see as we drive through the countryside? How often do we think about the origins of the food in our trolley? In this Very ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Australian Agriculture

    Its History and Challenges

    Edited by Ted Henzell ...
    Agriculture in Australia has had a lively history. The first European settlers in 1788 brought agricultural technologies with them from their homelands, influencing early practices in Australia. Wool production dominated the 19th century, while dairying grew rapidly during the first half of the 20th century. Despite having one of the driest landscapes in the world, Australia has been successful in ... Read more

    $50.99 USD

  • The Growth Illusion

    How Economic Growth Has Enriched the Few, Impoverished the Many, and Endangered the Planet

    by Richard Douthwaite ...
    Is economic growth improving our lives? In 1992, when the first edition of The Growth Illusion appeared, most people had little doubt that the answer was 'Yes'. Today, however, the climate of opinion has changed and there is widespread acceptance that, while growth might be necessary to generate jobs, the development path we are following isn't making life better for ourselves or our children. ... Read more

    $10.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Farming in the 1920s and 30s

    by Jonathan Brown ...
    Series Book 666 - Shire Library
    With world markets upset and economies in recession, the 1920s and 30s were not an easy time for farmers, who required great resilience to survive.Jonathan Brown here examines the challenges that farmers faced and the ways in which they responded. Some turned to new crops, with new markets emerging for sugar beet, eggs, milk and pork. Some used tractors and other machines to increase productivity, ... Read more

    $9.39 USD

  • The Killing Of The Countryside

    by Graham Harvey ...
    Over then past fifty years the British countryside has changed out of all recognition. A wide range of wildlife species are disappearing - victims of modern intensive farming, of pesticides and fertilisers and the sheer relentless pressure to maximise output from every hedge bank and field corner. It need not have happened. The loss of our wildlife and countryside has come about through a ... Read more

    $10.79 USD

  • Short Circuit

    Strengthening Local Economies for Security in an Unstable World

    by Richard Douthwaite ...
    With the deregulation of international trade and a free movement of capital, the world economy is more unstable than ever and liable to economic collapse. So precarious is it that it should no longer be relied upon to provided all the goods, fuel, food and services we need to live. As unemployment rises in every industrialized country, increasing numbers are excluded from participation in the ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Atlas of Industrializing Britain, 1780-1914

    by John Langton, R.J. Morris ...
    This atlas draws together crucial social and economic data on England, Scotland and Wales between 1780 and 1914, and gives a clear guide to the industrial development of Great Britain during the modern period. ... Read more

    $63.99 USD

  • Agri-Culture

    Reconnecting People, Land and Nature

    by Jules Pretty ...
    'Refreshingly fluent narrative, brimming full of stories and metaphors'Tim O'Riordan, University of East Anglia, UK'A great balance between storytelling and analysis which points to the critical need for gaining control over resources'Jacqueline Ashby, CIAT, Colombia'Full of supporting evidence and clear arguments'Norman Uphoff, Cornell University, US'A wonderful book, put together with such ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Energy and the English Industrial Revolution

    by E. A. Wrigley ...
    The industrial revolution transformed the productive power of societies. It did so by vastly increasing the individual productivity, thus delivering whole populations from poverty. In this new account by one of the world's acknowledged authorities the central issue is not simply how the revolution began but still more why it did not quickly end. The answer lay in the use of a new source of energy. ... Read more

    $28.69 USD