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04088na a2200301 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER |
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14116 |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20191017153251.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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160311b tu 000 0 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781405192835 |
| Qualifying information |
(hardback) |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE |
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| Language code of text/sound track or separate title |
eng |
| 043 ## - GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE |
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| Geographic area code |
mm----- |
| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
HD2055.7 |
| Item number |
H35 2014 |
| 090 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED LC-TYPE CALL NUMBER (OCLC); LOCAL CALL NUMBER (RLIN) |
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| Classification number (OCLC) (R) ; Classification number, CALL (RLIN) (NR) |
HD2055.7, H35 2014 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
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Devinim |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Halstead, Paul. |
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11494 |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Two oxen ahead : |
| Remainder of title |
pre-mechanized farming in the Mediterranean / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Paul Halstead. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
Hoboken, New Jersey : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Wiley-Blackwell, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
c2014. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xi, 372 pages : |
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illustrations, maps ; |
| Dimensions |
24 cm |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
1. Introduction : Mediterranean farming between longue durée and contingency -- Fieldwork -- Scales of analysis -- 2. Working the Earth : Tillage and Sowing -- Two-oxen households in Paliambela -- Scratching a living in the hills of Messenia -- Tillage time and sowing season from Assiros to Asturias -- Juggling with seedcorn -- Flexible farmers -- Ard, hoe, and scale of cultivation -- Tillage and sowing in the past -- 3. Harvest Time -- Amorgos : from field to threshing floor -- When to reap -- What and how to reap -- After reaping: Binding, drying, and transporting the harvest -- Who and how many to reap -- Harvest ceremonies -- Reaping in the past -- 4. Sorting the Wheat from the Chaff -- Amorgos : On and after the threshing floor -- Ways of threshing -- Ways of winnowing and coarse sieving -- Cleaning for storage and consumption -- Storage -- Consumption -- Questions of scale : Labor and time stress -- Threshing floor customs -- Crop processing in the past -- 5. Managing the Land : coping with failure and planning for success -- Watching the corn grow --Planning for success: Fallowing and rotation -- Planning for success : Manuring -- Planning for success, mitigating failure : Irrigation -- Averting failure : Weeding -- Crop husbandry and crop yields -- Crop husbandry and yields in the past -- 6. Family Planning : land, labor and livestock -- Clearance -- Long-term improvement : Deep tillage, terracing, and enclosure -- Extending and improving cultivable land : Drainage and irrigation -- Counting the cost of extension and improvement -- Subsistence and cash crops -- Mixed farming: Livestock -- Labor, land, and livestock : The domestic cycle -- Household and community -- Land, labor, and livestock in the past --7. Homo agronomicus? Mediterranean Farming, Present and Past -- Analogies for the past : "Matters of fact" and "matters of interest" -- Cultural reason -- Environmental and technological constraints -- Practical reason: Costs, benefits, and knowledgeable farmers -- Ancient farmers: Knowledgeable and rational? -- Farming in the Mediterranean: Analogy and change. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
"This revealing study shows how careful analysis of recent farming practices, and related cultural traditions, in communities around the Mediterranean can enhance our understanding of prehistoric and Greco-Roman societies. Includes a wealth of original interview material and data from field observation Provides original approaches to understanding past farming practices and their social contexts Offers a revealing comparative perspective on Mediterranean societies' agronomy Identifies a number of previously unrecorded climate-related contrasts in farming practices, which have important socio-economic significance Explores annual tasks, such as tillage and harvest ; inter-annual land management techniques, such as rotation ; and intergenerational issues, including capital accumulation "-- |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
"Explores annual tasks, such as tillage and harvest ; inter-annual land management techniques, such as rotation ; and intergenerational issues, including capital accumulation"-- |
| Assigning source |
Provided by publisher. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Agriculture |
| General subdivision |
Economic aspects |
| Geographic subdivision |
Mediterranean Region. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
36340 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Farm management |
| Geographic subdivision |
Mediterranean Region. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
36341 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Land use, Rural |
| Geographic subdivision |
Mediterranean Region. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
36342 |
| 910 ## - USER-OPTION DATA (OCLC) |
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| User-option data |
NIT Ana Koleksiyonu |