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Europe's green revolution and others since : the rise and fall of peasant-friendly plant breeding / Jonathan Harwood.
Lippincott Library HD1917 .H37 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Harwood, Jonathan.
- Series:
- Routledge explorations in economic history ; 56.
- Routledge explorations in economic history ; 56
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Green Revolution--Europe--History.
- Green Revolution.
- Plant breeding--Europe--History.
- Plant breeding.
- Plant breeding--Germany--History.
- Agricultural productivity--Europe--History.
- Agricultural productivity.
- Farms, Small--Europe--History.
- Farms, Small.
- History.
- Europe.
- Germany.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 269 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2012.
- Contents:
- The origins of peasant-friendly research in Germany
- The movement for peasant-friendly plant-breeding, 1880-1905
- Research, development and extension at the South German stations
- Success breeds trouble: the controversy over public-sector breeding, 1902-1933
- The fate of peasant-friendly breeding under national socialism
- The Green Revolution and its critics
- Reforming the revolution: peasant-friendly innovation, 1970 -2010
- Three conclusions.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780415598682
- 0415598680
- 9780203118047
- 0203118049
- OCLC:
- 690089889
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