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Author:
Harwood, Jonathan.
Title:
Europe's green revolution and others since : the rise and fall of peasant-friendly plant breeding / Jonathan Harwood.
Publisher:
Routledge,
Copyright Date:
2012
Description:
xviii, 269 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Subject:
Green Revolution--Europe--History.
Plant breeding--Europe--History.
Plant breeding--Germany--History.
Agricultural productivity--Europe--History.
Farms, Small--Europe--History.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-266) and index.
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.
Series:
Routledge explorations in economic history ; 56
ISBN:
0203118049 (eb)
9780203118047 (eb)
0415598680 (hb)
9780415598682 (hb)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)690089889
LCCN:
2011047539
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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