{"product_id":"toward-a-global-history-of-soil-sciences-practices-and-materialities-1300-1750-hardcover","title":"Toward a Global History of Soil: Sciences, Practices, and Materialities, 1300-1750 - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJustin Niermeier-Dohoney\u003c\/b\u003e (Volume Editor), \u003cb\u003eAleksandar Shopov\u003c\/b\u003e (Volume Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eToward a Global History of Soil\u003c\/i\u003e unearths material expertise about soil in the early modern world that has remained largely unexamined outside of the study of agricultural history. Its eleven chapters reveal how experimental investigations transformed the economics of land administration, the treatment of disease, and hydraulic engineering. New methodologies to evaluate the productive qualities of soil led to radical changes in medicine, chemistry, botany, and household management. This book is the first to examine how the emergence of practical, systematic attempts to understand the nature of soil contributed to the development of early modern sciences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJustin Niermeier-Dohoney\u003c\/b\u003e, Ph.D. (2018), University of Chicago, is an Assistant Professor of History at the Florida Institute of Technology. His research focuses on the history of early modern science with concentration on alchemy, agriculture, climate, and the environment. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eAleksandar Shopov\u003c\/b\u003e, Ph.D. (2016), Harvard University, is an Assistant Professor in the History Department at Binghamton University. He works on early modern Ottoman knowledge and practices related to plants, including such topics as flower breeding, grafting, urban farming, and riziculture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 282\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 9.25 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 18, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54053473976627,"sku":"9789004727489","price":152.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/nx9BmXgk5F9789004727489.webp?v=1789019976","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/toward-a-global-history-of-soil-sciences-practices-and-materialities-1300-1750-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}