Sustainable Agriculture in the American Midwest Lessons from the Past, Prospects for the Future

Name: Sustainable Agriculture in the American Midwest Lessons from the Past, Prospects for the Future
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ISBN: 9780252021008

ISBN-10: 0252021002

ISBN-13: 9780252021008

Edition: 1994

Authors: Gregory McIsaac, William R. Edwards

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Book details

List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Publication date: 10/1/1994
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 312
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English



Preface


Introduction




Sustainability and Sustainable Agriculture: Conceptual Evolution, Competing Paradigms, and a Possible Consensus




Indigenous Agricultural Knowledge, Technology, and Social Change




Ethnicity and Contrasting Cultural Beliefs about Sustainable Agriculture




Land Drainage and Conflict Resolution in the Lower Valley of the Illinois River, 1890s-1930




Agriculture and Wildlife in the Midwest




The Natural Ecosystem as a Standard for Sustainability: A Thermodynamic Approach




Sustainable Cropping Systems




Insects and Pest Management: The Impacts of Human, Pest, Crop, and Technological Dynamics




Effects of Soil Formation, Erosion, and Management on Long-term Productivity




Paleoclimates - A Guide to Climates of the Future: The Background for Sustainable Agriculture




Energy Farming: A Prospect for Sustainable Agriculture




Sustainable Agriculture: Weaving the Pieces Together into a Coherent System



Contributors


Index