Plant Breeding and Agrarian Research in Kaiserwilhelm-Institutes 1933–1945 Calories, Caoutchouc, Careers /

• Main Author: Heim, Susanne (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
• Series: Boston Studies in The Philosophy of Science ; 260
• Subjects: History.; Agriculture.; Plant genetics.; Animal physiology.; Agricultural economics.; History of Science.; Agricultural Economics.; History, general.; Plant Genetics & Genomics.; Animal Physiology.

The book offers a history of the agricultural sciences in Nazi Germany. It analyzes scientific practice under the Nazi regime, Nazi agricultural policy and autarkic strategies as well as expansion policy in Eastern Europe. It also offers new insights into the Auschwitz concentration camp. It outline...

Table of Contents:

• From the contents Introduction: Politics and Agricultural Research
• Calories - Agricultural Research, the Food Economy and War. The Four-Year Plan, 'Greater Europe', and Substitute Substances. Résumé: War as Opportunity
• Caoutchouc – A Vital War Reserve; The Development of a Research Programme. Slave Labour for Science. Résumé: Scientific Productivity and Terror
• Careers - Hans Stubbe and Klaus von Rosenstiel; Two Breeding Researchers. The Advance of Science
• Post-War Careers. Résumé: Creators, Experts, Servants
• Conclusions: Science, Nazi Rule and War.