Much of James C Scott's 'Seeing like a State' is about agricultural history. Many see it as anti-progress, but I think he's a lot more subtle than that, and I reccomend it. 'Against the Grain' is his deep dive on agriculture (have not read but apparently he's very against it).
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Thanks. I have read Seeing Like a State. I am curious about Against the Grain and may pick it up. I find Scott a very interesting read even if I have fundamental philosophic disagreements
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my table of historical agr prod (europe/near east):https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-_tc88EPI4iV6hINZtvW0U6C1MfDjSSHBWf1aLWaNKw/edit?usp=sharing …
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Very interesting, what is the source for this data?
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Kudos on the "open garage door" approach, really cool! Re: your list of books: "A History of World Agriculture" is interesting except for the last chapter ("the current crisis"). One you should definitely add: Olmstead & Rhode, "Creating Abundance".
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Would also recommend Oxford's Very Short Introduction to Agriculture (there's also a Food one but can't remember if I liked it), and Robert Paarlberg's Food Politics. Two books I found useless are "Empires of Food" and "A Social History of Agriculture".
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this looks really exciting!
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This definitely seems like one of the more interesting topics - excited to read!
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