Livestock biodiversity is integral to our culture, history, environment, economy and, most importantly, our future. Thousands of livestock breeds, from relatively small genetic pools, have evolved over time to suit particular environments and farming systems. This is both the result of natural processes and of human needs for specialized livestock ...
This new revised edition of Applied Econometrics is an ideal text for students who are looking for a reliable and practical grounding in the subject. Students are introduced to the various forms of econometric data and how they are formatted in electronic media, and shown how to transfer and use the data in the most popular software packages. Each ...
By the time it was completed in 1917 Parkwood was the most expensive home in Canada. This wonderful book of photographs and memories takes us through the stately and spectacularly furnished 55-room Parkwood mansion -- now a National Historic Site -- and into the fascinating lives of Robert Samuel McLaughlin, his wife, Adelaide, and their five ...
This book reconstructs a lost milieu of historical writing. The civil rights and black power movements expanded popular awareness of the history and culture of African Americans. But, as Stephen Hall notes, African American authors, intellectuals, ministers, and abolitionists had been writing the history of the black experience since the 1800s. ...
Surveys techniques in econometric time-series and macroeconomic modelling, illustrating the importance of forecasting to business and government. The book gives a detailed account of how a forecast is produced, the problems of data availability and the general influences which form a real forecast.
This is the guide to the development of more than 50 breeds of British cattle, sheep pigs, goats and horses over the last two centuries. The book also details how the animals were adapted to fit particular regions, and how they were bred and nurtured to produce more food for a growing population.
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