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Chicago & London: The University of Chicago Press, 1994. A reading / reference copy. Good condition only in a bright and shiny Very Good dust jacket. Condition of the book itself is rated only Good due to waviness in the margin of several pages (BUT NO STAIN) due to dampness. Waviness is in the margin only and almost NO text or illustrations are affected. Sharp corners. NOT a library discard. NOT a remainder. Previous owner's name. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 113 figures. 15 tables. List of chapter notes. Bibliography. Index. Bound in the original bluish-gray cloth, stamped in bright metallic green on the spine. From the dust jacket: "Scholars and researchers have long believed that the ability to irrigate is crucial to the development of civilizations. In this book, archaeologist Patrick Kirch challenges this 'hydraulic hypothesis' and provides a more accurate and detailed account of the role of 'wet' and 'dry' cultivation systems in the…
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The Wet and the Dry: Irrigation and Agricultural Intensification in Polynesia Hardcover - 1995 - 1st Edition
by Patrick Vinton Kirch
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The Polynisian islands offer remarkable opportunities for comparative study of tropical agronomic systems, and of agricultural intensification among nonindustrialized societies.
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- Title The Wet and the Dry: Irrigation and Agricultural Intensification in Polynesia
- Author Patrick Vinton Kirch
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 408
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL
- Date January 1, 1995
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780226437491 / 0226437493
- Weight 1.64 lbs (0.74 kg)
- Dimensions 9 x 6 x 1.1 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 2.79 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Ethnology - Polynesia, Agricultural systems - Polynesia
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 94014257
- Dewey Decimal Code 306.349
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