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Author:   Denis J Murphy (, Head of Biotechnology Unit, Division of Biological Sciences, University of Glamorgan, UK)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 19.00cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   0.931kg
ISBN:  

9780199207145

ISBN 10:   0199207143
Pages:   426
Publication Date:   19 July 2007
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

People and Plants: two hundred millennia of coevolution 1: Early human societies and their plants 2: Plant management and agriculture 3: How some people became farmers Crops and their Genetics: 90 million years of evolution 4: Plant genomes 5: Fluid genomes, uncertain species, and the genetics of crop domestication 6: The domestication of cereal crops 7: The domestication of non-cereal crops People, Plants, and Farming in Prehistoric Times: ten millennia of climatic and social change 8: People and the emergence of crops 9: Agriculture: a mixed blessing 10: Evolution of agro-urban cultures I: the Near East 11: Evolution of agro-urban cultures II: East and South Asia 12: Evolution of agro-urban cultures III: Africa, Europe and the Americas People and Plants in Historic Times: globalisation of agriculture and the rise of science 13: Crop management in the Classical and Medieval Periods 14: Agricultural improvement and the rise of crop breeding 15: Imperial Botany and the early scientific breeders 16: Agricultural Improvement in modern times 17: The future of agriculture and humanity

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...this book can safely be recommended as much more than just an up-to-date introduction to a topic fundamental to understanding humanity's past and critical to our species'continued survival. June 2008, Antiquity, Vol. 82, No 316.

...but urge you to acquire it for edification and enjoyment. Denis Murphy is a co-evolutionist, raising serious matters currently affecting humankind, and this book should be accessible to all those interested in humanity and crop plants...I hope that this solo effort will encourage you to become a fan of DJM. J. T. Walker Experimental Agriculture ...this book can safely be recommended as much more than just an up-to-date introduction to a topic fundamental to understanding humanity's past and critical to our species'continued survival. June 2008, Antiquity, Vol. 82, No 316.

Author Information

Denis J Murphy is Professor of Biotechnology and Head of the Biotechnology Unit at the University of Glamorgan in Wales, UK, and also works as a government advisor in the areas of agriculture and biotechnology in the UK and overseas. He has broad interests in research and education, including running a schools outreach programme, and frequently participates in public debates on scientific issues ranging from stem cells & cloning to GM crops & organic farming.

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