The Social History of Agriculture

This text provides a compelling narrative world history through the lens of food and farmers. Tracing the history of agriculture from earliest times to the present, Isett and Millerargue that people rather than markets have been the primary agents of agricultural change, exploring the actions taken by individuals and groups over time.

Introduction
Chapter 1: Settled Agriculture: The Ancient Origins of Community, State, and Empire
Chapter 2: From Antiquity to the Eve of  Agrarian Capitalism: Peasants and Dynastic States
Chapter 3: Agrarian Capitalism in the Early Modern World: Divergence in Eurasia
Chapter 4: Malthusian Limits in the Early Modern World: Peasants and Markets
Chapter 5: The New World: Planters, Slaves, and Sugar
Chapter 6: American Farming:  Agrarian Roots of U. S. Capitalism
Chapter 7: New Imperialism:  Colonial Agriculture in the Age of Capitalism
Chapter 8: Socialist Agriculture:  Collectivization in Three Countries
Chapter 9:  Late Development: State-led Agrarian Change after World War II
Chapter 10: Corporate Agriculture: Comparing the United States and Brazil
Conclusion