Balancing on a Planet: The Future of Food and Agriculture (Volume 46) (California Studies in Food and Culture)

This book is an interdisciplinary primer on critical thinking and effective action for the future of our global agrifood system, based on an understanding of the system’s biological and sociocultural roots. Key components of the book are a thorough analysis of the assumptions underlying different perspectives on problems related to food and agriculture around the world and a discussion of alternative solutions. David Cleveland argues that combining selected aspects of small-scale traditional agriculture with modern scientific agriculture can help balance our biological need for food with its environmental impact―and continue to fulfill cultural, social, and psychological needs related to food. Balancing on a Planet is based on Cleveland’s research and engaging teaching about food and agriculture for more than three decades. It is a tool to help students, faculty, researchers, and interested readers understand debates about the current crisis and alternatives for the future.

Business & Money

Cleveland, David A.

Economics

University of California Press

Product Description 
A groundbreaking survey of the school of expressive, symbolic landscape painting that gave rise to American modernism―newly revised and updated\nThis magnificent volume, featuring more than 750 illustrations, is the first definitive account of the Tonalist movement. Based on original research, it tells how the progressive Tonalist landscape dethroned the Hudson River School in the late 1870s and remained the dominant school in American art until World War I. More provocatively, it also argues that Tonalism gave rise to American modernism, laying the groundwork for the artists of the Stieglitz Circle, and subsequently Milton Avery, Mark Rothko, Adolph Gottlieb, Barnett Newman, Helen Frankenthaler, Wolf Kahn, and Richard Mayhew. 
A History of American Tonalism places the key figures of the movement―such as George Inness, James McNeill Whistler, and John Henry Twachtman―in their cultural context, which was influenced by such thinkers as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, John Burroughs, and William James. It also examines the careers of more than sixty other Tonalist painters, lesser known but highly talented. 
This new edition of A History of American Tonalism includes more than one hundred new illustrations, as well as a new overview of the stylistic principles of Tonalism. It will continue to be essential for art lovers, artists, scholars, and anyone seeking a better understanding not only of the Tonalist movement but American art as a whole. 
 Review 
" 
The first scholarly survey of the Tonalists. 
This volume, a landmark of scholarship, has uncovered some treasures and is likely to change our understanding of the development of American art.? " 
 ― 
The Art Newspaper, No. 222\n"Silver Medal Winner in Art History: 
Book of the Year Awards, 2010" 
 ― 
ForeWord Magazine\n"Cleveland, whose writing is both elegant and accessible, gives the Tonalist discussion a shot of energy...This wonderfully written book will delight general audiences and scholars alike. 
Summing Up: Highly recommended" 
 ― 
CHOICE: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries\n" 
Winner: 
Outstanding Academic Title 2011" 
 ― 
American Library Association 
 About the Author 
David Adams Cleveland, an art historian, curator, and lecturer, has written for 
The Magazine Antiques and 
ARTnews. He is also the author of three novels, 
Time’s Betrayal, 
Love’s Attraction, and 
With a Gem-Like Flame. Cleveland and his wife live in New York, where he works as an art advisor with his son, Carter Cleveland, founder of Artsy.net, the web site for discovering, buying, and selling art.

A History of American Tonalism, 1880-1920: Crucible of American Modernism

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

Abbeville Press

The purpose of this book is to examine the nature of and relationship between the knowledge of farmers and of scientists, and how these can be best integrated in plant breeding. In the past, farmers' knowledge of local biodiversity has often been underutilized, but currently there is an increased recognition of the importance of farmer participation or collaboration.

Farmers, Scientists and Plant Breeding: Integrating Knowledge and Practice

Science & Math

Biological Sciences

CABI

Food from Dryland Gardens encourages gardens that are based on local and scientific knowledge, conserve resources, and improve nutritional,economic, and social well-being. Both a beginner’s guide and reference for the experienced, it is being used around the world by extension agents, students, and project workers. It explains specific techniques, and the principles they are based on, as a guide to evaluation, experimentation and adaptation with local people.

Food From Dryland Gardens

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Soleri, Daniela

Gardening & Landscape Design

E C H O Inc

Food Gardens for a Changing World

Food gardening is becoming increasingly popular, as people look for new ways to live more sustainably and minimize harm to the environment. This book addresses the most pressing challenges facing food gardening in the 21st century -- worldwide changes in climate, the environment, natural resources, and communities -- and the basic biological, ecological and social concepts which influence our understanding. Examples throughout the text demonstrate how gardeners can use these theories to their advantage.

Smith, Steven E.

Food gardening is becoming increasingly popular, as people look for new ways to live more sustainably and minimize harm to the environment. This book addresses the most pressing challenges facing food gardening in the 21st century -- the climate crisis, worldwide changes in the environment, natural resources, and communities -- and the basic biological, ecological and social concepts which influence our understanding and capacity to respond to these challenges. Examples throughout the text demonstrate how gardeners can use these concepts to their advantage.

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Books by Cleveland, David A.

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Balancing on a Planet: The Future of Food and Agriculture (Volume 46) (California Studies in Food and Culture)

Balancing on a Planet: The Future of Food and Agriculture (Volume 46) (California Studies in Food and Culture)

A History of American Tonalism, 1880-1920: Crucible of American Modernism

Farmers, Scientists and Plant Breeding: Integrating Knowledge and Practice

Food From Dryland Gardens

Food Gardens for a Changing World

Food Gardens for a Changing World