Moving Crops and the Scales of History

by Francesca Bray, Barbara Hahn, Tiago Saraiva, et al.

Book Overview

A bold redefinition of historical inquiry based on the "cropscape"--the people, creatures, technologies, ideas, and places that surround a crop

Human efforts to move crops from one place to another have been a key driving force in history. Crops have been on the move for millennia, from wildlands into fields, from wetlands to dry zones, from one imperial colony to another. This book is a bold but approachable attempt to redefine historical...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300257252
• ISBN13: 9780300257250
• Release Date: February 2023
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.5"