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Selections in this chapter:

• Duane L. Winegardner, “The Fundamental Concept of Soil” in An Introduction to Soils for Environmental Professionals (1996), [415] Go
• Alfredo Sfeir-Younis and Andrew K. Dragun, from Land and Soil Management: Technology, Economics, and Institutions (1993), [418] Go
• Richard Manning, from “The Oil We Eat” (2004), [426] Go
• Richard Levins, “Science and Progress: Seven Developmentalist Myths in Agriculture” (1986), [434] Go
• Robert Stock, from “Agrarian Development and Change” in Africa South of the Sahara (2004), [439] Go
• Pablo Neruda, “Ode to Wine” (1954 –59), translated by James Engell, [446] Go