Agriculture

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Fresh Cities

Fresh Cities

From: A Matter of Taste

In this chapter, Tucker discusses farmers markets and chain grocery stores in a larger discussion of how the price of food dictates moral and ethical choices. This continues into understanding … 27 $2.70 Add
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Good Food

Good Food

From: A Matter of Taste

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Guatemala: They Flattened Our Milpa
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Guatemala: They Flattened Our Milpa

From: Tiny Engines of Abundance

Chapter 4 examines Guatemala during the mid-20th century, as various governments sought to “modernize” Mayan traditional milpa agriculture, resulting in a genocide directed at Mayan … 23 $2.30 Add
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Harvesting Silicon Valley

Harvesting Silicon Valley

From: A Matter of Taste

In this chapter, there is a discussion around the introduction of technology into the food industry. Tucker addresses concerns such as food security and food waste, and the new idea of technology … 14 $1.40 Add
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Introduction, Consider the Dunkaroo

Introduction, Consider the Dunkaroo

From: A Matter of Taste

In this chapter, Tucker begins with a discussion on the association of moral good and bad in relation to food habits. This leads into what constitutes good or bad food, and stresses four … 5 $0.50 Add
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Introduction: the Martian Singularity
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Introduction: the Martian Singularity

From: Dinner on Mars

The Introduction reflects on the origins of this book as a thought experiment of what life would look like on Mars. Discussing topics including the ill-fated Franklin Expedition, revolutionary … ; 14 $1.40 Add
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Jamaican Peasants in Slavery, Semi-slavery and Freedom
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Jamaican Peasants in Slavery, Semi-slavery and Freedom

From: Tiny Engines of Abundance

Chapter 3 examines Jamaica in the decades following slave emancipation in the 1830s, when Jamaica was often put forward as exemplifying the calamitous results of a prosperous peasantry. Topics … 23 $2.30 Add
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Kerala: A Return to the Future
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Kerala: A Return to the Future

From: Tiny Engines of Abundance

Chapter 6 examines the Indian state of Kerala, a small state in the southwest of the subcontinent that had been the site of ongoing reforms beginning almost immediately after its formation in … 23 $2.30 Add
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Kill Your Idylls

Kill Your Idylls

From: A Matter of Taste

In this chapter, the concept of foodie elitism is debated alongside a discussion of precision farming. Tucker identifies the complexity of introducing new technologies onto the old concept of a … 36 $3.60 Add
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Nigerian Smallholders: Masters of the Environment
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Nigerian Smallholders: Masters of the Environment

From: Tiny Engines of Abundance

Chapter 5 examines Nigeria in the 1960s and 1970s, when governments– advised by Western development specialists– sought to “capture” peasant production and boost export … 22 $2.20 Add
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Part 1

Part 1

From: The Winter Market Gardener

Part 1 includes the following chapters: Foreword – Introduction: Yes, We Can Grow Vegetables Year Round…and Why We Should – The Knowledge and Skills of Northen Growers – … ; 60 $6.00 Add
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“Swept Away through Injustice”
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“Swept Away through Injustice”

From: Tiny Engines of Abundance

Chapter 1 introduces the premise of the book, which is to reexamine the idea of progress that we tie to the evolution of industrial agriculture over the last 200 years. Examination of this period … 8 $0.80 Add
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The Arrival of Agriculture
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The Arrival of Agriculture

From: Humans

This chapter looks at the advent of agricultural societies and sedentary lifestyles, it inspects what effect these developments had on the egalitarian values of their foraging ancestors … 36 $3.60 Add
Tiny Engines of Abundance
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Tiny Engines of Abundance

A History of Peasant Productivity and Repression

This book provides a historical and comparative perspective of peasant productivity using case studies portraying the extraordinary efficiency with which English cottagers, Jamaican ex-slaves, … 157 View