Table of Contents

Contents: Introduction; Dispersion and Diffusion of Seeds and Food Plants: Introduction of American food plants into China, Ping-ti Ho; American food plants in China, Ping-Ti Ho; The early impact of Japan upon American agriculture, H.F. Graff; Early coconut culture in western Mexico, H.J. Bruman; The peripatetic chili pepper: diffusion of the domesticated capsicums since Columbus, J. Andrews; Diplomats and plant collectors: the South American commission, 1817-18, W.D. Rasmussen. Systems of Production and the Impact of the Spanish Conquest: Agricultural biodiversity and peasant rights to subsistence in the central Andes during Inca rule, K.S. Zimmerer; Landscapes of cultivation in Mesoamerica on the eve of the conquest, Thomas M. Whitmore and B.L. Turner II; Chinese plantation workers and social conflict in Peru in the late 19th century, M. Gonzales; Free versus compulsory labor: Mexico and the Philippines, 1540-1648, J.L. Phelan. Migration of Rural People Across the Region: Chinese settlements in rural southeast Asia: unwritten histories, M.S. Heidhues; Hawaiian labor and immigration problems before annexation, W.A. Russ Jr.; Socioeconomic origins of emigration: Guangdong to California, 1850-82, J. Mei; Chinese livelihood in rural California: the impact of economic change, 1860-80, S. Chan; History of Japanese migration to Peru, part I, I. Toraji and W. Himel. Integration of Markets and the Stimulus to Agriculture: Supply and transportation for the Potosi, 1545-1640, G.B. Cobb; The poetics of American agriculture, P.A. Coclanis; Gold rushes and the trans-Pacific wheat trade: California and Australia, 1848-57, J. Gerber; The passage to India revisited: Asian trade and the development of the Far West, 1850-1900, T. Cox. Index.

About the Author

James Gerber is Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for Latin American Studies, and Lei Guang is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science, both at San Diego State University, USA. Contributors: Ping-ti Ho, H.F. Graff, H.J. Bruman, J. Andrews, W.D. Rasmussen, K.S. Zimmerer, Thomas M. Whitmore, B.L. Turner II, M. Gonzales, J.L. Phelan, M.S. Heidhues, W.A. Russ Jr., J. Mei, S. Chan, I. Toraji, W. Himel, G.B. Cobb, P.A. Coclanis, J. Gerber, T. Cox.