The Wet and the Dry
Subtitle: Irrigation and Agricultural Intensification in Polynesia
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: January 1, 1995
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 408
ISBN-13: 9780226437491
Subjects: Agriculture & Farming; Anthropology; Archaeology; Australasian & Pacific history; Ecological Anthropology; Environmental Archaeology; Social Science; Archaeology / Anthropology; Sociology; Anthropology - Cultural; Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural; Agricultural productivity; Agricultural systems; Ethnology; Polynesia; Traditional farming
First sentence: The Polynisian islands offer remarkable opportunities for comparative study of tropical agronomic systems, and of agricultural intensification among nonindustrialized societies.