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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808871203321

Autore

Henke Christopher <1969->

Titolo

Cultivating science, harvesting power : science and industrial agriculture in California / / Christopher R. Henke

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2008

ISBN

0-262-26319-X

0-262-27528-7

1-4356-6799-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 226 p.) : ill., map

Collana

Inside technology

Disciplina

630.72/0794

Soggetti

Agriculture - Research - California - Salinas River Valley

Agricultural productivity - California - Salinas River Valley

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-215) and index.

Sommario/riassunto

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.