...Lisa J. Lucero Soils, Climate and Society: Archaeological Investigations in Ancient America . Edited by John D. Wingard and Sue Eileen Hayes . Boulder : University Press of Colorado , 2013 . 272 pp., $70.00 , hardback, ISBN 978-1-60732-203-0 . © the Agricultural History Society...

...Ichiro Miyata 2016 Book Reviews Asia Environment and Society in the Japanese Islands: From Prehistory to the Present. Edited by Bruce l. Batten and Philip C. Brown. Corvallis: Oregon state university Press, 2015. 296 pp., $29.95, paperback, isBn 978-0-87071801-4. Writing an environmental history...

..., Graham s book is an accessible history of genetics and its socialist variations as practiced in the Soviet Union and Russia up to the present day written by a leading scholar in the field. Jenny Leigh Smith Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Rural Society and Economic Change in County Durham...

... Trappel University of Freiburg Europe The Shaping of Tuscany: Landscape and Society between Tradition and Modernity. By Dario Gaggio. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017. 307 pp., $99.99, hardback, ISBN 978-1-1071-2777-7. In The Shaping of Tuscany, Dario Gaggio provides a rare and resonant account...

...Martin Bruegel Rip Van Winkle’s Neighbors: The Transformation of Rural Society in the Hudson River Valley, 1720–1850 . Thomas S. Wermuth . Copyright 2002 Agricultural History Society 2002 620 / Agricultural History significance, though the domination of the great landlords declined...

...Connie L. Lester In Old Virginia: Slavery, Farming, and Society in the Journal of John Walker . Claudia L. Bushman . Copyright 2002 Agricultural History Society 2002 744 / Agricultural History always on "data-based assessments." Non-economists are likely to read each chapter...

...Paul B. Moyer Farm, Shop, Landing: The Rise of a Market Society in the Hudson Valley, 1780–1860 . Martin Bruegel . Copyright 2002 Agricultural History Society 2002 726 / Agricultural History "robber baron" interpretation hardly offers a compelling explanation for the rise of interest...

...Michael B. Dougan The Old South Frontier: Cotton Plantations and the Formation of Arkansas Society, 1819–1861 . Donald P. McNeilly . Copyright 2002 Agricultural History Society 2002 110/ Agricultural History The Old South Frontier: Cotton Plantations and the Formation of Arkansas...

...Roger Adelson Negotiating Power in Early Modern Society: Order, Hierarchy and Subordination in Britain and Ireland . Michael J. Braddick and John Walter . Copyright 2002 Agricultural History Society 2002 Book Reviews Negotiating Power in Early Modern Society: Order, Hierarchy...

...Piet van Cruyningen Peasants into Farmers? The Transformation of Rural Economy and Society in the Low Countries (Middle Ages-19th Century) in Light of the Brenner Debate . Peter Hoppenbrouwers and Jan Luiten van Zanden . Copyright 2002 Agricultural History Society 2002 Book...

...Mark R. Finlay German Agriculture in Transition: Society, Politics and Environment in a Changing Europe . Geoff A. Wilson and Oliva J. Wilson . Copyright 2002 Agricultural History Society 2002 736 / Agricultural History Historical photographs, tables, and engravings of dredging...

...A. Glenn Crothers Copyright 2001 Agricultural History Society 2001 [Footnotes] 1 "Democraticus," Alexandria Expositor, 28 March 1803. 2 Bertram Wyatt-Brown , Southern Honor: Ethics and Behavior in the Old South (New York: Oxford University Press, 1982 ), 41 -42,175-98...

...James C. Giesen Abstract The field of agricultural history suffers from an anxiety about its own death. In three sessions of cognitive therapy, this article puts the scholarly subject and the society that flies its banner “on the couch” to diagnose and—ideally—help alleviate the condition...

... Copyright 2005 Agricultural History Society 2005 2004 Agricultural History Society Awards The Agricultural History Society sponsors six annual awards for vari? ous agricultural history publications, manuscripts, and projects. The Soci? ety thanks Debra Reid, Clayton Brown, Larry R. Peterson...

...George B. Ellenberg Horses in Society: A Story of Animal Breeding and Marketing Culture, 1800-1920 . Margaret E. Derry . Copyright 2008 Agricultural History Society 2008 Global/Comparative AgriculturHalistory Spring Horses inSocietyA: StoryofAnimal BreedingandMarketingCulture, 1800...

... Colo nization Society (ACS) are perhaps not surprising given the previous litera ture on thismovement. He does, however, provide a new thrust to the discussion by arguing that not only was the colonization movement lacking inmoral grandeur, but itwas also counterproductive, since "colonization tended...

...John Smail The Character of English Rural Society: Earls Coine, 1550–1750 . H. R. French and R. W. Hoyle . © 2009 Agricultural History Society 2009 2009 BookReviews The CharacterofEnglishRuralSociety:Earls Colney1550-1750.By H. R. Frenchand R...

...Michael Snape Rural Society and the Anglican Clergy, 1815–1914: Encountering and Managing the Poor . Robert Lee . © 2009 Agricultural History Society 2009 2009 BookReviews practiceacrossthecountrywaswidelyacknowledgedA. nneOrde haspreviouslyediteda...

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...Douglas McCalla The Spirit of Industry and Improvement: Liberal Government and Rural-Industrial Society, Nova Scotia, 1790-1862 . Daniel Samson . © 2010 Agricultural History Society 2010 2010 BookReviews questionedwhetherthisisactuallyprogressH. e notes,inparticulart,heideas...