Sustainability means endurance into the future. How well we endure depends upon what the future holds and how we address the challenges and opportunities that lie before us. realistic assessment of the challenges and opportunities that are likely to appear may influenceour attitude about the future and can provide us with a basis for developing plans for meetingthose challenges. However, such assessments are necessarily based on speculation aboutuncertain future events, and thus, ought to include safety margins and contingencies for dealingwith unexpected events.
How do we develop a realistic assessment of the future? We could extrapolate currenttrends into the future. This approach is probably reasonable for anticipating what the future mayhold in the next 5 years. However, current trends are likely to change in unpredictable directionsas new technologies, laws, and forms of social and business organization emerge. Since manytrends do not continue indefinitely, we need other approaches to develop a realistic assessment ofthe longer term future.
The dynamics of long-term change in the future may resemble long-term change in thepast and therefore, understanding the dynamics of how agriculture and society have changed inthe past may help us anticipate future changes and challenges. Agricultural history may revealthe recurrence of certain challenges that are likely to reappear in the future. It may reveal strategies that have been successful in meeting these challenges and that may be worth preservingor reviving. This history may also reveal unsuccessful strategies that we would do well to avoid. If nothing else, understanding the history of agriculture may at least help us understand how wearrived at the present state of affairs.
The next few pages provide an introductory overview of the history of agriculture. Amore thorough examination of this topic can be found in the references provided.
What is History? So, what is History? When I told someone I was giving a talk on History and what it is, they said, "and you only have an hour?" No doubt everyone in this room has some idea of what History is, or isn't. So let's get started and see how far we can get with my highly selective ...
What is World History? World history is the study of the ways in which the world changes over time. ... This examination of interactions between these distant regions is what is meant by the term World History. ... One reason is that the United States has supported numerous nations throughout history in times of trouble. ... By studying World History one can find the origins of the Muslim religion with Muhammad. ...
Abstract This essay contains a few reasons of how history as a discipline is beneficial to society and the purpose history overall. Also how a journal I so important especially for a subject like history. As well as using History of California journal as an example on how a history journal works and the contents. ... There is a sense of Identity that comes with learning history. ... The saying "knowledge is power " really comes into play with history. ...
Sacred history can be defined as a history that is spread by the word of mouth, by oral teachings as opposed to written works. ... Sacred history can be defined as a history that is spread and kept by the word of mouth, by oral teachings. ... This would make the text then sacred history as well. ... Sacred history is different from scientific history for two main reasons. ... The second reason why sacred history differs from Thucydides theories of scientific history and ˜historical recurrence' is that Thucydides didn't believe in a divine intervention while sacred history usua...
The Oral Tradition:Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali How Can A Historian Use Oral Tradition When Writing History Oral tradition is a history or a story passed down from generation to generation through word of mouth. The story is usually the history of a civilization or culture. ... Male griots tell the family history of the male side and females tell the female side. ... Writing traditions do consist in ancient history in Africa, but most Africans prefer the traditions of African storytelling and oral history. ... "Listen to my word, you who want to know; by my mouth you will learn the his...
One of the first recorded Bigfoot sightings was made by Leif Erikson when he discovered the New World nearly 500 years before Columbus. Erikson and his crew were the first Europeans to settle in North America and witness the creature that is now called Bigfoot. It was said that he saw more than one ...
"American History X" is undeniably one of the most poignant and potent movies I have ever seen. ... In "American History X" however, hate destroys the bond between two brothers. ... "American History X" gives us more closure. ... "American History X" has much stronger actors. ... In "American History X" however, we go beyond pity. ...
Michener, is a novel which covers, on both a fictional and a non-fictional level, the total history of Hawaii from its beginning until approximately 1954. ... For example, a comparison of Hawaii to actual history can be made through selected events in each chapter of the novel. ... Similarly, in 1809, in truth, history records that a certain Henry Obookiah stirred the emotions of religious New Englanders. ... In chapter IV, "From the Starving Village", Michener gives a quick history of a Chinese village. ... History notes that in 1852, the labor problems in the fields in Hawaii had become ...
In 7th century BC, Celts started inhabiting British Isles. Those Celtic tribes of the La Tene culture were Gaels, Britones and Belgae. Britones inhabited the biggest part of Great Britain and that's one of the reasons why the island got that name. Around 55 BC, Romans came to the Britain for the fir...
