دانلود کتاب Agriculture in History (Magill's Choice) 3 vol set

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Agriculture and Animal Husbandr Spread Through the World......Page 27
Syria’s Abu Hureyra May Be Earliest Agricultural Settlement......Page 39
Cochise Culture Fosters Agriculture in American Southwest......Page 43
Nilo-Saharan Peoples Domestic Cattle and Cultivate Grain......Page 47
First Agricultural Settlements Arise on Andean Altiplano......Page 52
Early Native Americans Form Agricultural Communities......Page 58
East Asians Begin Cultivating Grain......Page 66
Nilo-Saharan Farmers Spread Cultivation and Herding......Page 70
Ubaid Culture Begins Mesopotamian Agricultural Communities......Page 75
Yangshao and Longshan Begin Chinese Agricultural Cultures......Page 81
Omotic Peoples Advance Farming Techniques in Africa’s Horn......Page 86
Halafian Culture Advances Mesopotamian Agriculture......Page 92
Niger-Congo Peoples Spread Agriculture in Africa......Page 98
Horses Are Domesticated in Central Asia......Page 102
Rise of Sumer Improves Mesopotamian Agriculture......Page 106
Leizu Discovers Silk Making......Page 112
Adena Mound Builders Establish a Farming Society......Page 116
Trade Fosters Agriculture in West Africa’s Sudan Belt......Page 121
Water from Yemen’s Marib Dam Creates a Rich Farming Region......Page 125
Libya’s Garamantes Flourish as Farmers and Traders......Page 129
Agriculture Nurtures Kingdoms Around Africa’s Niger River......Page 134
Bantu Peoples Spread Farming Across Southern Africa......Page 140
Hohokam Irrigation Supports Agriculture in American Southwest......Page 145
Japan Develops Settled Agriculture During Yayoi Period......Page 151
Southern Africa’s Khoikhoi and Kwadi Adopt Pastoralism......Page 157
Chinese Agricultural Technology Advances......Page 161
Anasazi Farming Culture Flourishes in American Southwest......Page 167
Rising Swahili Cultures Foster Agriculture in East Africa......Page 174
Tiwanaku Culture Develops ColdWeather Agriculture in Andes......Page 181
Mogollons Establish Agricultural Settlements in American Southwest......Page 188
China’s Grand Canal Improves Agricultural Trade......Page 194
Tang Dynasty Improves China’s Agricultural Productivity......Page 199
Heavy Plow Increases European Agricultural Yields......Page 205
Hohokam Adapt Agriculture to Arid American Southwest......Page 211
Mississippian Mound-Builders’ Agricultural Culture Flourishes......Page 218
Southern Africa’s Toutswe Kingdom Rises on Agropastoralism......Page 225
North American Plains Village Culture Flourishes......Page 231
Chan Chan Advances Andean Agricultural Technology......Page 238
Failed Agriculture Spurs Huari and Tiwanaku Collapse......Page 243
Norse Introduce Farming to Greenland......Page 249
Rice Cultivation Is Introduced to China......Page 255
Mapungubwe State Is Built on Cattle Culture......Page 261
Scientific Cattle Breeding Is Developed in Europe......Page 265
Failure of Annual Nile Floods Brings Famine to Egypt......Page 270
Post-Plague Labor Shortages Threaten European Agriculture......Page 275
Inca Empire Expands and Strengthens Its Economic System......Page 281
Coffee, Cacao, Tobacco, and Sugar Are Sold Worldwide......Page 287
New Agricultural Technologies Increase Chinese Population......Page 294
Aztec Agriculture Prospers Under Montezuma II......Page 300
Kenchi Surveys Japan’s Farmland......Page 306
England Undergoes an Agricultural Revolution......Page 312
Europe Endorses Colonial Economies Built on Slavery......Page 319
Pepper Trade Drives the Global Economy......Page 325
Rising Proto-Industrial Economies Draw Workers from Farms......Page 332
China Begins Shipping Tea to Europe......Page 339
Tobacco Farming Begins in North America......Page 345
Coffee Culture Flourishes Throughout the World......Page 351
Indentured Servitude Becomes Pa of American Agriculture......Page 362
Barbados Becomes a Major Agricultural Colony......Page 367
Brazil’s Plantation Slaves Build Independent State at Palmares......Page 373
Russian Serfdom Is Codified......Page 379
Dutch Make Cape of Good Hope an Agricultural Colony......Page 384
Portugal Retakes Brazil and Expands Its Economy......Page 390
Popularity of Chocolate Increa Cacao Planting......Page 395
Tobacco and Sugar Farming Begin in the Carolinas......Page 400
Short Growing Seasons Create Famine in France......Page 409
Tull’s Seed Drill Revolutionizes Farming......Page 415
Marggraf Extracts Sugar from Beets......Page 420
Lind Discovers That Citrus Fruits Cure Scurvy......Page 430
Bakewell Introduces Selective Livestock Breeding......Page 435
Antiquated Farming Brings Famine to Southern Italy......Page 441
French Price Controls and Poor Harvests Provoke Flour War......Page 447
Discovery of Photosynthesis Advances Plant Science......Page 452
South Africans Fight Over Frontier Grazing Lands......Page 458
Tenmei Famine Devastates Japanese Agriculture......Page 464
Meikle’s Drum Thresher Improves Harvest Efficiency......Page 469
Whitney’s Cotton Gin Transforms Plantation Agriculture......Page 476
Speenhamland System Aids English Farmers......Page 483
McCormick’s Mechanical Reaper Transforms Wheat Farming......Page 489
Blair’s Seed Planter Advances Corn and Cotton Farming......Page 495
Liebig Develops Chemical Fertilizers......Page 501
Potato Crop Failures Cause Grea Irish Famine......Page 507
Britain’s Repeal of Corn Laws Reduces Power of Landowners......Page 516
Serf Emancipation Begins Russian Agriculture Modernization......Page 522
Homestead Act Opens Western Lands to Farmers......Page 528
Morrill Land Grant Act Promotes Agricultural Education......Page 535
Opening of Chisholm Trail Expands Cattle Markets......Page 542
National Grange Forms to Assist Farmers......Page 549
American Buffalo Slaughter Drives Indians to Farming......Page 555
Canada’s Dominion Lands Act Attracts New Immigrant Farmers......Page 562
Barbed Wire Fencing Transforms American Ranching......Page 568
Powell Recommends Water Management Schemes for Western Agriculture......Page 574
Irish Tenant Farmers Stage First fiBycottf......Page 581
Kellogg’s Corn Flakes Launch Dr Cereal Industry......Page 587
Immigrant Farmers Begin Settling Western Canada......Page 593
Vitamin-Deficient Rice Diet Is Linked to Beriberi......Page 600
Reclamation Act Promotes Western Agriculture......Page 608
International Harvester Begins Manufacturing Farm Machinery......Page 619
Marquis Wheat Improves Canadian Agriculture......Page 627
Breakdown of Russian Agriculture Causes Catastrophic Famine......Page 634
California’s Alien Land Law Targets Japanese Farmers......Page 639
American Farmers Increase Insecticide Use......Page 645
Birdseye’s Quick-Frozen Foods Transform Agriculture......Page 653
Lenin’s New Economic Policy Retards Russian Agriculture......Page 659
Farmers Dynamite the Los Angeles Aqueduct......Page 668
U.S. Food and Drug Administration Is Established......Page 677
Agricultural Marketing Act Becomes U.S. Law......Page 685
Soviet Agricultural Policies Produce Great Famine......Page 693
Federal Government Begins Farm Price Supports......Page 698
Dust Bowl Ravages Great Plains Farms......Page 708
Taylor Grazing Act Extends Federal Control Over Rangelands......Page 717
Soil Conservation Service Comba Dust Bowl Conditions......Page 725
Completion of Boulder Dam Improves Southwestern Irrigation......Page 733
Müller Discovers Insecticidal Properties of DDT......Page 744
First U.S. Food Stamp Program Begins......Page 750
United States Begins the Bracer Program......Page 758
Famine Devastates Bengal......Page 765
United Nations Hosts First Conference on Food and Agriculture......Page 769
Borlaug Begins Work on High-Yield Wheat......Page 776
First Modern Herbicide Is Introduced......Page 784
Truman Creates the Bureau of Land Management......Page 790
Soviets Try to Transform Nature to Improve Agriculture......Page 797
Five-Year Plan Begins China’s Agricultural Collectivization......Page 806
United Fruit Company Instigates a Coup in Guatemala......Page 814
Food for Peace Program Sends Agricultural Surplus Abroad......Page 822
Diquat Herbicide Is Developed for Weed Control......Page 830
China’s Great Leap Forward Brings Chaos to Agriculture......Page 836
Famine Devastates China......Page 849
United Nations Establishes World Food Programme......Page 855
United Farm Workers of Americ Leads Grape Pickers’ Strike......Page 861
High-Yield Rice Fosters Green Revolution......Page 869
Negev Desert Irrigation Expands Israeli Agriculture......Page 877
Tanzania’s Nyerere Outlines Socialist Farming Policy......Page 886
Scientists Debate Using Antibiotics in Animal Feed......Page 893
European Economic Community Adopts Common Agricultural Policy......Page 901
Drought Extends the Reach of the Sahara Desert......Page 909
Congress Passes Wholesome Poultry Products Act......Page 916
DDT Ban Signals New Environmental Awareness......Page 924
Organic Farming Gains in Popularity......Page 932
Brazil Plans Highway to Promote Agriculture in the Amazon......Page 940
Chávez Is Jailed for Organizing National Lettuce Boycott......Page 948
Borlaug Receives Nobel Prize for Work on World Hunger......Page 957
Aswa n High Dam Is Expected to Expand Egyptian Agriculture......Page 965
Fungicide-Tainted Grain Poisons Thousands of Iraqis......Page 973
AFL-CIO Recognizes the United Farm Workers......Page 980
Worldwide Droughts Bring Agricultural Failures and Famine......Page 987
U.S. Congress Expands Pesticide Regulations......Page 995
Worldwatch Institute Is Founded to Protect Environment......Page 1003
U.S. Congress Creates Commodity Futures Trading Commission......Page 1012
United Nations Issues Declaration on Hunger and Malnutrition......Page 1020
Land Institute Is Founded to Develop Alternative Grains......Page 1029
Berry’s THE UNSETTLING OF AMERICA Examines Agricultural Ethics......Page 1037
Mediterranean Nations Sign Antipollution Pact......Page 1046
Modern Radar Reveals Extent of Mayan Irrigation Systems......Page 1054
U.S. Supreme Court Rules on California Water Rights......Page 1061
Brown Orders Medfly Spraying in California......Page 1069
El Niño Weather Devastates Pacific Basin Agriculture......Page 1077
U.S. Government Pays Farmers Not to Plant Crops......Page 1085
Willadsen Clones the First Farm Animal by Nuclear Transfer......Page 1094
Burger King Boycott Called to Protect Rain Forests......Page 1102
U.S. Congress Revamps Farm Policy......Page 1110
Soviet Farmers Gain Control of Land and Crop Selection......Page 1116
United States Bans Chilean Fruit After Cyanide Scare......Page 1124
Africanized Bees Threaten U.S. Agriculture......Page 1131
Mississippi and Missouri Flooding Damages Agriculture......Page 1139
Genetically Engineered Tomatoes Reach Supermarkets......Page 1145
Mismanagement of Agriculture Brings Famine to North Korea......Page 1154
Britain Announces Human Cases of Mad Cow Disease......Page 1159
Indonesian Forest Fires Damage Southeast Asian Agriculture......Page 1165
Land Reform Ruins Zimbabwean Agriculture......Page 1172
Genetically Modified Seeds Taint New Zealand Corn Exports......Page 1177