Moving Crops and the Scales of History

“Moving Crops and the Scales of History nimbly blends analyses from a wide range of disciplines in service of a new historiographical model, the ‘cropscape.’ The new lines of inquiry this model opens up are refreshing and exciting.”—Dominic J. Berry, University of Birmingham
“This is an important, ambitious, and timely book written by four well-regarded scholars of agrarian history, crop science and technology, and anthropogenic environments. The cropscape concept changes how we consider bodies, landscapes, and states.”—Elaine Gan, coeditor of Arts of Living on a Damaged Planet

“This is a very ambitious work, bringing together an astonishing variety of well-chosen historical materials. The authors offer a critique of contemporary history that considers plants primarily as vehicles for human intentions.”—Deborah Fitzgerald, author of Every Farm a Factory
“Moving Crops and the Scales of History is an interesting and provocative addition to the tools available to scholars for understanding historiography. It is an enjoyable and engaging read.”—Vishala Parmasad, University of Wisconsin–Madison
“This strikingly original study offers readers a powerful new way to understand the material world. Focusing on what they call ‘cropscapes,’ the authors uproot conventional notions regarding space, time, movement, change, and historical agency.”—Peter A. Coclanis, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill