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.

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Main Author: Perkins, John H. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 337 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-324) and index.
ISBN:1423759559
9781423759553
1602561575
9781602561571
0195355032
9780195355031
128045329X
9781280453298
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