Geopolitics and the green revolution: wheat, genes, and the cold war
Auteur :
Perkins, John H.
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN :
9780195110135
Date de publication :
22 janv. 1998
Dimensions :
24,2 x 16,1 x 2,3 cm
Poids :
594 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
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.