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The agricultural revolution of the 20th century / Don Paarlberg and Philip Paarlberg.
LIBRA S494.5.I5 P22 2000
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Paarlberg, Don, 1911-2006.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Agricultural innovations.
- Agriculture--Technology transfer.
- Agriculture and state.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 154 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Ames : Iowa State University Press, [2000]
- Contents:
- Section I The Technological Revolution
- Chapter 1 19th Century Agriculture 3
- Chapter 2 Mechanized Agriculture 21
- Chapter 3 Chemical Advances 31
- Chapter 4 Biological Changes 43
- Chapter 5 Information Explosion 51
- Chapter 6 Management: Integration of the Disciplines 59
- Chapter 7 The Agricultural Revolution in a Global Context 69
- Chapter 8 Exporting the Revolution 99
- Section II The Deeper Dimension
- Chapter 9 Birth Pangs
- And a Live Birth 111
- Chapter 10 Consumer Benefits 117
- Chapter 11 Political Issues Arising From the Agricultural Revolution 127
- Chapter 12 Into the 21st Century 137.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-148) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0813821983
- OCLC:
- 44502438
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