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Rice, agriculture, and the food supply in premodern Japan /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Verschuer, Charlotte von
Corporate Author: Ebook Library
Other Authors: Cobcroft, Wendy
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2016.
Series:Needham Research Institute series.
Subjects:
Agriculture > Japan > History.
Rice > Japan > History.
Food supply > Japan > History.
Subsistence farming > Japan > History.
Agrobiodiversity > Japan > History.
Food security > Japan > History.
Japan > History > To 1185.
Japan > History > 1185-1600.
Japan > Economic conditions.
Japan > Environmental conditions.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Irrigated rice and dry crops
  • A mountainous environment : shifting cultivation
  • Biodiversity : harvesting of wild plants
  • Food security : how much rice did they eat?
  • Polyculture in premodern Japanese traditions.