New Perspectives on the History of Life Sciences and Agriculture

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Phillips, Denise (Editor), Kingsland, Sharon (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Archimedes, New Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, 40
• Subjects: History.; Agriculture.; Agricultural economics.; History of Science.; Agricultural Economics.

This volume explores problems in the history of science at the intersection of life sciences and agriculture, from the mid-eighteenth to the mid-twentieth century. Taking a comparative national perspective, the book examines agricultural practices in a broad sense, including the practices and discip...