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  1. Wine and the Vine

    An Historical Geography of Viticulture and the Wine Trade

    By Tim Unwin

    Wine and the Vine provides an introduction to the historical geography of viticulture and the wine trade from prehistory to the present. Throughout, the rich symbolic and cultural significance of wine is related to its evolution as a commercial product. The book thus discusses both the numerous...

    Published March 27th 1996 by Routledge

  2. An Introduction to Agricultural Geography

    2nd Edition

    By David Grigg

    Published January 4th 1995 by Routledge

  3. The Countryside Ideal

    Anglo-American Images of Landscape

    By Michael Bunce

    `God made the country, man made the town.' William Cowper's words, written two centuries ago, underline an idealisation of rural life and landscape which persists to this day. What are the main historical processes and ideas underlying the continuing attachment to the countryside? How have these...

    Published June 29th 1994 by Routledge

  4. The Diversion of Land

    Conservation in a Period of Farming Contraction

    By C. Paul Burnham, Angela Edwards, Ruth Gasson, Bryn Green, Clive Potter

    Series: The Natural Environment: Problems and Management

    European agriculture is on the brink of a financial and ecological crisis. The authors assess the challenge facing policy makers and those involved in the industry, arguing for the preparation of an environmental agenda based on land organisation and diversion....

    Published February 6th 1991 by Routledge

  5. The Political Economy of Rural Poverty

    The Case for Land Reform

    By M. Riad El-Ghonemy

    With the use of wide-ranging case studies the author clearly illustrates the impact of schemes intended to re-allocate land in developing countries. Concluding that land reform can play a major part in stimulating rural economies this book explores the extent to which such policies can successfully...

    Published April 11th 1990 by Routledge

Forthcoming Books

  1. New Frontiers of Land Control
    Edited by Nancy Peluso, Christian Lund
    To Be Published August 21st 2012
  2. The Global Horseracing Industry: Social, Economic, Environmental and Ethical Perspectives
    By Phil McManus, Glenn Albrecht, Raewyn Graham
    To Be Published August 29th 2012
  3. Outcomes of post-2000 Fast Track Land Reform in Zimbabwe
    Edited by Lionel Cliffe, Jocelyn Alexander, Ben Cousins, Rudo Gaidzanwa
    To Be Published September 30th 2012
  4. Developing Sustainable Agriculture and Community
    Edited by Jeffrey Jordan, Lionel J. "Bo" Beaulieu
    To Be Published September 30th 2012
  5. Community Economic Development
    Edited by Rhonda Phillips, Terry Besser
    To Be Published September 30th 2012

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