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Feeding the world: An economic history of agriculture, 1800-2000 
Federico, G 
2010 
Princeton University Press 
Feeding the World: An Economic History of Agriculture, 1800-2000 
English 
InFeeding the World, Giovanni Federico considers agricultural development over the past 200 years an outstanding success story. . . .Feeding the Worldwill be of great interest to economists, development specialists and policymakers, and all economic historians should read it. Methodologically, it is an excellent example of a quantitative economic history, grounded in theory but sensitive to empirical realities worldwide. Substantively, it provides an essential context for understanding economic development over the past 200 years on a global scale. © 2005 by Princeton University Press. All Rights Reserved.