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World Agriculture Before and After 1492: Legacy of the Columbian Exchange (in English)
James F. Hancock
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World Agriculture Before and After 1492: Legacy of the Columbian Exchange (in English) - Hancock, James F.
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Synopsis "World Agriculture Before and After 1492: Legacy of the Columbian Exchange (in English)"
Chapter 1. Origins of world crops and livestock - Peopling of the world - Origins of agriculture - Transcontinental dispersal of Near East crops - Spread of Agriculture across the Mediterranean Basin - Indian Ocean dispersals - Dispersal of New World crops - Evolution of farming methods - World agriculture systems in 1492 Chapter 2. Evolution of European agriculture - Background - Food and diet - Mixed farming - Open field system and the manor - Muslim green revolution in Spain (Al Andalus) - Spread of the Mediterranean agrosystem Chapter 3. Agriculture in the Americas in the 16th century - Background - Rural economies in the Americas in 1492 - Food and agriculture of Aztecs - Food and agriculture of Incas - Food and agriculture of Maya - Food and agriculture of Taíno - Food and agriculture of Tupi-Guardi - Food and agriculture of North America Chapter 4. The Spanish conquest of the Americas - Background - Who were the conquerors? - The initial Spanish conquest of the Americas - Spread of the colonies - Organization of Spanish America - The Spanish colonial economy - The Great Dying - Effects of Columbian exchange on world population Chapter 5. Crop and livestock introductions into Spanish America - Background - Early crop and livestock introductions to New Spain - Early crop and livestock introductions to Peru - Plantation crops introduced to Spanish America Chapter 6. Homogenization of agriculture in Spanish America - Background - Colonial farms in the Caribbean - Colonial farms in Mexico and Peru - Old World livestock in the New World - Amerindian farms after the conquest Chapter 7. Portuguese colonization of Brazil - The Portuguese colonization strategy - Evolution of the Brazilian economy - Slavery in the Americas - Crop and Livestock introductions to Brazil - Spread of sugar plantations to Caribbean - Out from Africa
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