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Bountiful harvest : technology, food safety, and the environment / Thomas R. DeGregori.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- DeGregori, Thomas R.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Technology--Social aspects.
- Technology.
- Technology--Philosophy.
- Agricultural innovations.
- Agriculture--Environmental aspects.
- Agriculture.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (282 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Cato Institute ; Lanham, Md. : Distributed to the trade by National Book Network, c2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In this provocative work, Thomas DeGregori explores many of the revolutionary technological advances of the past century, especially those in agriculture.
- Contents:
- Bountiful Harvest: Technology, Food Safety, and the Environment; Table of Contents; PREFACE ix; 1. Technology and the Unity of Experience; 2. Technology, Industrialization, and Creativity; 3. Technology, Technophobia, and Human Welfare; 4. Technophobia, Natural Foods, Organic Agriculture, Energy, Meat, and Metamorphosis; 5. Genetic Modification and Technophobia; 6. Technophobia, Pollution, Pesticides, and DDT; 7. Reason, Romance, and Reaction; 8. Technology, Food Production, and Drinking Water; 9. Technology: Control for, or over, Humans?; REFERENCES; INDEX
- Notes:
- Originally published: Agriculture and modern technology. 1st ed. Ames : Iowa State University, 2001.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-253) and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9786611905132
- 9781281905130
- 1281905135
- 9781933995779
- 1933995777
- 9781597340298
- 1597340294
- OCLC:
- 610030227
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