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Condition: good. Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardback. Condition: New. Farming across Borders uses agricultural history to connect the regional experiences of the American West, northern Mexico, western Canada, and the North American side of the Pacific Rim, now writ large into a broad history of the North American West. Case studies of commodity production and distribution, trans-border agricultural labor, and environmental change unite to reveal new perspectives on a historiography traditionally limited to a regional approach.Sterling Evans has curated nineteen essays to explore the contours of "big" agricultural history. Crops and commodities discussed include wheat, cattle, citrus, pecans, chiles, tomatoes, sugar beets, hops, henequen, and more. Toiling over such crops, of course, were the people of the North American West, and as such, the contributing authors investigate the role of agricultural labor, from braceros and Hutterites to women working in the sorghum fields and countless other groups in between.As Evans concludes, "society as a whole (no matter in what country) often ignores the role of agriculture in the past and the present." Farming across Borders takes an important step toward cultivating awareness and understanding of the agricultural, economic, and environmental connections that loom over the North American West regardless of lines on a map. In the words of one essay, "we are tied together . . . in a hundred different ways.".…

Condition: New.

Condition: New. In English.

Condition: New. Print on Demand.

Condition: New.

Hardback. Condition: New. Farming across Borders uses agricultural history to connect the regional experiences of the American West, northern Mexico, western Canada, and the North American side of the Pacific Rim, now writ large into a broad history of the North American West. Case studies of commodity production and distribution, trans-border agricultural labor, and environmental change unite to reveal new perspectives on a historiography traditionally limited to a regional approach.Sterling Evans has curated nineteen essays to explore the contours of "big" agricultural history. Crops and commodities discussed include wheat, cattle, citrus, pecans, chiles, tomatoes, sugar beets, hops, henequen, and more. Toiling over such crops, of course, were the people of the North American West, and as such, the contributing authors investigate the role of agricultural labor, from braceros and Hutterites to women working in the sorghum fields and countless other groups in between.As Evans concludes, "society as a whole (no matter in what country) often ignores the role of agriculture in the past and the present." Farming across Borders takes an important step toward cultivating awareness and understanding of the agricultural, economic, and environmental connections that loom over the North American West regardless of lines on a map. In the words of one essay, "we are tied together . . . in a hundred different ways.".…

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Set at the dawn of modern Europe, two half brothers, Charles and Guillaume, are born within the same year to mothers from very different social standings; circumstances bring the two boys together as children within one household before splitting them apart again at the age of eleven to pursue separate vocational callings. Charles inherits his mother's ruthlessness, arrogance and ambition. Guillaume takes his mother's softer nature and empathy; both boys inherit a strong sense of justice and honour from their father. Having shown prodigious talent in his home town, Charles arrives in Paris at the age of thirteen and is assigned to the child spy network of Cardinal Richelieu's right hand man Father Joseph. He again stands out and is apprenticed to the financial administration team of the ancient regime where his natural talents put him close to men who would shape the future of France and turn her into the most powerful country in Europe. Guillaume is apprenticed to the Church where he shows a talent for science and healing but is implicated in the last attempt to assassinate Cardinal Richelieu. Arriving in London to share a house with Robert Moray and his niece Anna, he is introduced to the new breed of experimental philosophers and starts to make a name for himself as a chemist. Amidst the chaos of the English civil war and pestilence he becomes politically awakened by the radical thinkers of London. Robert Moray is the super spy of his time and along with his niece links the lives of the two half brothers. Moray's niece Anna steals Guillaume's heart when he arrives in England but she leaves London for Paris where she meets and falls in love with Charles. Charles and Anna prove to be a toxic mix and they develop a secret life in the dark streets of Paris. Amidst the political intrigues of the time, the two boys must use their wits and talents to survive and witness the birth of modern Europe. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…