{"product_id":"the-cambridge-world-history-hardback-9780521192187","title":"The Cambridge World History (Hardback) 9780521192187","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Cambridge World History\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eExplores the origins and impact of agriculture across the globe, arguably the most important change in all of human history.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGraeme Barker (Edited by), Candice Goucher (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521192187, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 16 April 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e668 pages, 126 b\/w illus.  9 maps  4 tables\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 16 x 3.3 cm, 1.19 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe development of agriculture has often been described as the most important change in all of human history. Volume 2 of the Cambridge World History series explores the origins and impact of agriculture and agricultural communities, and also discusses issues associated with pastoralism and hunter-fisher-gatherer economies. To capture the patterns of this key change across the globe, the volume uses an expanded timeframe from 12,000 BCE–500 CE, beginning with the Neolithic and continuing into later periods. Scholars from a range of disciplines, including archaeology, historical linguistics, biology, anthropology, and history, trace common developments in the more complex social structures and cultural forms that agriculture enabled, such as sedentary villages and more elaborate foodways, and then present a series of regional overviews accompanied by detailed case studies from many different parts of the world, including Southwest Asia, South Asia, China, Japan, Southeast Asia and the Pacific, sub-Saharan Africa, the Americas, and Europe.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introduction: a world with agriculture Graeme Barker and Candice Goucher\u003cbr\u003e 2. Archaeogenetics Maria Pala, Pedro Soares, Gyaneshwer Chaubey and Martin B. Richards\u003cbr\u003e 3. Agricultural origins: what linguistic evidence reveals Christopher Ehret\u003cbr\u003e 4. What did agriculture do for us? The bioarchaeology of health and diet Charlotte Roberts\u003cbr\u003e 5. Communities Amy Bogaard\u003cbr\u003e 6. Pastoralism Alan Outram\u003cbr\u003e 7. Agriculture and urbanism Daphne Gallagher and Rod McIntosh\u003cbr\u003e 8. Early agriculture in Southwest Asia Alan Simmon\u003cbr\u003e 9. 'Ain Ghazal (Jordan): a neolithic town prima inter pares Gary Rollefson\u003cbr\u003e 10. Early agriculture in South Asia Eleanor Kingwell-Banham, Cameron A. Petrie and Dorian Q. Fuller\u003cbr\u003e 11. Mehgarh Cameron A. Petrie\u003cbr\u003e 12. Early agriculture in China Xinyi Liu, Dorian Q. Fuller and Martin Jones\u003cbr\u003e 13. Xinglonggou Xinyi Liu, Zhijun Zhao and Guoxiang Liu\u003cbr\u003e 14. Early agriculture in Japan Simon Kaner and Kenichi Yano\u003cbr\u003e 15. The transition from wilderness to paddy: a case study from the Nara basin, Japan, 2600–2400 years ago Kenichi Okada\u003cbr\u003e 16. Early agriculture in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Huw Barton\u003cbr\u003e 17. The swamp cultivators at Kuk: early agriculture in the highlands of New Guinea Tim Denham\u003cbr\u003e 18. Early agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa to c.500 CE Paul Lane\u003cbr\u003e 19. The Tichitt tradition (1900–400 BC): early agriculture and social complexity in the West African Sahel Kevin MacDonald\u003cbr\u003e 20. Early agriculture in the Americas Deborah M. Pearsall\u003cbr\u003e 21. Nanchoc Valley, Peru Tom D. Dillehay\u003cbr\u003e 22. Early agricultural society in Europe Alastair Whittle\u003cbr\u003e 23. Pioneer farmers and frontier households in northern Poland, 5500–4000 BC Peter Bogucki and Ryszard Grygiel.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Early history: c 500 to c 1450\/1500 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Early history: c 500 to c 1450\/1500\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Early%20history:%20c%20500%20to%20c%201450\/1500%20%5BHBLC%5D%22\"\u003eHBLC\u003c\/a\u003e], General \u0026amp; world history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on General \u0026amp; world history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22General%20\u0026amp;%20world%20history%20%5BHBG%5D%22\"\u003eHBG\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45909056061720,"sku":"9780521192187","price":113.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521192187i_60d3ff0b-7d15-4c24-9b7a-21e2690fe0a9.jpg?v=1691373554","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-cambridge-world-history-hardback-9780521192187","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}