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Civilization From Its Origins Has Depended On The Food, Fibre, And Other Commodities Produced By Farmers. In This Unique Exploration Of The World History Of Agriculture, Mark B. Tauger Looks At Farmers, Farming, And Their Relationships To Non-farmers From The Classical Societies Of The Mediterranean And China Through To The Twenty-first Century. The Origins Of Agriculture And The Dual Subordination -- Agriculture In Antiquity: The First Great Conflicts Over Land And Freedom -- Agriculture In The Post-classical Period -- Early Modern Agriculture And European Agricultural Dominance (1500-1800) -- Agriculture In The 19th Century: Emancipation, Modernization, And Colonialism -- Agriculture And Crisis 1900-1940 -- Boom And Crisis: Agriculture From World War Ii To The 21st Century. Mark B. Tauger. Inclubed Bibliographical References And Index.