The Centrality of Agriculture

Download or read book The Centrality of Agriculture written by Colin Adrien MacKinley Duncan and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1996 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A critical review of the history of capitalism and socialism in relation to agriculture, reexamining the role of agriculture in political economy using ecological, historical, humanist, institutionalist, and Marxist methodologies. Suggests ways in which the original socialist project of developing a theory of political economy, which was sidetracked by industrialism, can be rejuvenated, using England as a case study. For students in environment and political science. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR