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Cultivating science, harvesting power : science and industrial agriculture in California / Christopher R. Henke.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Henke, Christopher, 1969-
- Series:
- Inside technology.
- Inside technology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Agriculture--Research--California--Salinas River Valley.
- Agriculture.
- Agricultural productivity--California--Salinas River Valley.
- Agricultural productivity.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 226 p.) : ill., map.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Christopher R. Henke reveals how agricultural scientists and growers in California have cooperated - and struggled - in shaping the state's multi-billion-dollar farm industry.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction: Repairing Industrial Agriculture
- 2 A New Agrarian Ideal: Foundations of Cooperative Extension
- 3 A Niche of Their Own: Cooperative Extension's Move toward Specialization
- 4 A Repair Crisis: Farm Labor during World War II and Beyond
- 5 Making a Place for Science: The Field Trial
- 6 Making Change: Power, Politics, and Environmental Problems
- 7 Conclusion: The Future of Agriculture in the United States
- Appendix: Methodology
- Notes
- References
- Index.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-215) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-262-26319-X
- 0-262-27528-7
- 1-4356-6799-9
- OCLC:
- 259741813
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