Geopolitics and the green revolution : wheat, genes, and the cold war /
Perkins explores why four countries each sought to develop high yielding wheat production. National security concerns and management of foreign exchange were prime motivators of the new technologies, a relationship that has not been previously developed in studies of agricultural modernization.
| Основен автор: | Perkins, John H. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
New York :
Oxford University Press,
1997.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=151278 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Geopolitics and the green revolution. |
| Резюме: |
Perkins explores why four countries each sought to develop high yielding wheat production. National security concerns and management of foreign exchange were prime motivators of the new technologies, a relationship that has not been previously developed in studies of agricultural modernization. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xi, 337 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-324) and index. |
| ISBN: |
1423759559 9781423759553 1602561575 9781602561571 0195355032 9780195355031 128045329X 9781280453298 |