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Autore: |
Henke Christopher <1969->
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Titolo: |
Cultivating science, harvesting power : science and industrial agriculture in California / / Christopher R. Henke
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Pubblicazione: | Cambridge, MA, : MIT Press, c2008 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xi, 226 p.) : ill., map |
Disciplina: | 630.72/0794 |
Soggetto topico: | Agriculture - Research - California - Salinas River Valley |
Agricultural productivity - California - Salinas River Valley | |
Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-215) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Cultivating science, harvesting power ![]() |
ISBN: | 0-262-26319-X |
0-262-27528-7 | |
1-4356-6799-9 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910808871203321 |
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