Agriculture and rural connections in the Pacific, 1500-1900.0754639789 Agriculture and rural connections in the Pacific, 1500-1900. Ed. by James Gerber and Lei Guang. Ashgate Publishing Co. 2006 387 pages $114.95 Hardcover The Pacific world; v.13 HD2195 Work collected here argues for a view of globalization globalization Process by which the experience of everyday life, marked by the diffusion of commodities and ideas, is becoming standardized around the world. Factors that have contributed to globalization include increasingly sophisticated communications and transportation that incorporates an agrarian dimension. The editors invite readers to "view the Pacific world as an increasingly integrated domain of human and economic activities that spread across regions from the 16th century on." Papers were originally published from the 1940's to the present, and are presented here in sections on dispersion dispersion, in chemistry dispersion, in chemistry, mixture in which fine particles of one substance are scattered throughout another substance. A dispersion is classed as a suspension, colloid, or solution. and diffusion diffusion, in chemistry, the spontaneous migration of substances from regions where their concentration is high to regions where their concentration is low. Diffusion is important in many life processes. of seeds and food plants, systems of production and the impact of the Spanish conquest A term used in feudal law to designate land acquisition by purchase; or any method other than descent or inheritance by which an individual obtains ownership of an estate. A term used in International Law , migration of rural people across the region, and the integration of markets and the stimulus stimulus /stim·u·lus/ (stim´u-lus) pl. stim´uli [L.] any agent, act, or influence which produces functional or trophic reaction in a receptor or an irritable tissue. to agriculture. The series highlights broad themes and geographic interconnections that transcend traditional nation-state and regional conceptions of history. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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