The soybean through world history : lessons for sustainable agrofood systems

The soybean through world history lessons for sustainable agrofood systems

"This book examines the changing roles and functions of the soybean throughout world history and discusses how this reflects the complex processes of agrofood globalization. The book uses a historical lens to analyse the processes and features that brought us to the current global configuration...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Baraibar Norberg, Matilda (-)
Other Authors: Deutsch, Lisa
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Milton : Taylor & Francis Group 2023.
Edition:1st ed
Series:Routledge studies in food, society and environment
Subjects:
Soybean > History.
Soyfoods > History.
Soyfoods industry > History.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009762729506719
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1.
  • Combining insights from political economy and environmental history: what can the soybean tell us about big changes in the global agrofood system?
  • Chapter 2.
  • The first soybean cycle (domestication to 900s CE)
  • Chapter 3.
  • The second soybean cycle (1000s-1860)
  • Chapter 4.
  • The roots of the third soybean cycle (1860 - 1949)
  • Chapter 5.
  • The regime of the third soybean cycle (1950 to present)
  • Chapter 6.
  • Longue durée: the uneven spread of agrofood globalization.

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