University Libraries Promotion and Tenure Recognition
Timothy M. Murtha, Jr.
associate professor of landscape architecture
Book Title
Smallholders, Householders: Farm Families and the Ecology of Intensive, Sustainable Agriculture
Book Description
Relying on rich ethnographic details, Netting artfully summarizes and integrates Esther Boserup, Julian Steward, Karl Marx and Thomas Malthus to describe how household farms evolve and adapt to demographic and economic change. This book greatly influenced my understanding and interpretation of Ancient Maya households and intensive agriculture for my dissertation. It continues to inspire my research and scholarship.
Year
2010