First published in 1993. The broad objective of this book is to describe and explain the contemporary geography of agriculture in developed market economies. The objective has been approached by a team of agricultural geographers, each writer contributing an analysis of a particular topic.
Ian R. Bowler Department of Geography, University of Leicester, England
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Introduction 1 The industrialization of agriculture 2 Data sources for studying agriculture 3 Factors of production in modern agriculture 4 The agricultural significance of farm size and land tenure 5 Farm types and agricultural regions 6 Changing farm enterprises 7 Marketing agricultural produce 8 Agriculture as a resource system 9 Agriculture and the state 10 Farming at the urban fringe