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Americans love cows. The United States possesses an entire economic sector geared for rearing, feeding, slaughtering, shipping, and eating the big-eyed ruminants.
Welcome to H-Rural, a member of H-Net Humanities & Social Sciences OnLine. The primary purpose of H-Rural is to facilitate discussions about scholarship and teaching in rural and agricultural history. We welcome contributions such as conference announcements, calls for papers, course syllabi, conference reports, news of new datasets, and other items related to our focus, rural and agricultural history over time and place.
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2021 Agricultural History Society Call for Awards Nominations
The Agricultural History Society is accepting nominations for awards through December 31, 2021. To nominate a book, article, or dissertation with a 2021 publication date, please follow the directions below.
Call for Papers: Livestock as Global and Imperial Commodities: Economies, Ecologies and Knowledge Regimes, c. 1500 – present
Livestock as Global and Imperial Commodities: Economies, Ecologies and Knowledge Regimes, c. 1500 – present
Annual Commodities of Empire International Workshop, Freie Universität Berlin, 14-15 July 2022
CfA: Workshop Series “Commodities in History: Theoretical Reflections and Empirical Case Studies”
What can the study of a commodity tell us about past societies and historical change? Judging from the growing literature on the history of commodities, one thing seems safe to say: some historians believe that quite a bit.
ToC: Histoire sociale / Social History New Release: “Agriculture, Food, and Fuel Markets in Canada, 1860s-1990s”, no. 111 | Nouvelle parution : « Marchés de l'agriculture, de l'alimentation et des combustibles au Canada (1860-1990) », no. 111.
Histoire sociale / Social History is pleased to announce the release of its new Special Issue: “Agriculture, Food,