Farmers of Forty Centuries, or Permanent Agriculture in China, Korea and Japan (Classic Reprint)
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| Rating | : | 4.79 (558 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1333088787 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 456 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-01-14 |
| Language | : | English |
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"A bit overly optimistic" according to Amazon Customer. Having read this book first, then "Foundations of Japan" whch was written a few years later, I am inclined to agree with the comment made in "Foundations" that this book was written with a somewhat rosy outlook. That said, as with "Foundations" this is a set of observations on topics made by a traveller skilled in those areas, and in this case by one who had an ecological perspective somewhat more in line with today rathar than his early 1900's contemporaries. With the aid of hindsight, it's interesting to note how the. "Farmers please read" according to Raven. First published in 1911, with a preface by Dr. L. H. Bailey, Farmers of Forty Centuries is the kind of book that would be of interest to farmers and historians alike.This book was written at time in society when 'better living through chemistry' was just starting to take hold as mainstream thinking. Reductionist science, pesticides, and fertilizer were gaining strength and agriculture was changing from a point of view that works with the natural processes to a system that conquers and controls plants natural impulses. . "The photographs that make this book great are totally missing" according to Andrew Montain. Do NOT buy this edition. The font is approximately size 6. The photographs that make this book great are totally missing. The tables are formatted terribly. Reading a good copy changed my understanding of what sustainable means. Thousands of years of farming tied to civilization is a rare coincidence that gets documented here thoroughly. We have almost everything to change in the US if we want to make it.
Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. Find more at forgottenbooksThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. The spirit of scientific inquiry must now be taken into this field, and all earth-conquest must be compared and the results be given to the people that work.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. Excerpt from Farmers of Forty Centuries, or Permanent Agriculture in China, Korea and JapanYoung's Travels in France, have touched social and political history; but for the most part, authorship of agricultural travel is yet undeveloped. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.