The book challenges the orthodox argument that rural populations which abandoned self-sufficiency to become single commodity producers, and were supposedly very vulnerable to the commodity price collapse of the 1930s Depression, did not ...

Much of this is barely visible from within the horizons of Western social theory.

Explains the basic techniques for cooking rice with recipes from around the world from appetizers to desserts.

Predominantly on rice cultivation and pottery in Middle East and East Asian countries.

Advances in Agronomy continues to be recognized as a leading reference and a first-rate source for the latest research in agronomy.

In Seductions of Rice, they bring it all home--hundreds of delectable dishes from the world's greatest rice cuisines, illuminated by stories, insights, and photographs.

Part I: The deepwater rice agroecosystem; Part II: The deepwater rice plant; Part III: The cultures of deepwater rice; Parte IV: Research for improving the production of deepwater rice cropping systems.