Plantation Crops, Plunder and Power: Evolution and Exploitation

ISBN-13: 9781138285750 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 196 str.

James F. Hancock

Opis

This book traces the social, political and evolutionary history of seven major plantation crops – banana, cotton, coffee, rubber, sugarcane, tea and tobacco.

Spis treści

Introduction: the role of plantation crops in world history  1. Sugar  2. Banana  3. Cotton  4. Tea  5. Tobacco  6. Coffee  7. Rubber  8. Plantation crops: yesterday and today

O autorze

James F. Hancock is Professor Emeritus, Department of Horticulture, Michigan State University, USA. He is author of Plant Evolution and the Origin of Crop Species, now in its third edition.