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Cultivating science, harvesting power : science and industrial agriculture in California
- Title
- Cultivating science, harvesting power : science and industrial agriculture in California / Christopher R. Henke.
- Author
- Henke, Christopher, 1969-
- Publication
- Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2008.
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Details
- Description
- xi, 226 pages : illustrations, map; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "Just south of San Francisco lies California's Salinas Valley, the heart of a multibillion-dollar agricultural industry that dominates U.S. vegetable production. How did the sleepy valley described in the stories of John Steinbeck become the nation's "salad bowl"? In Cultivating Science, Harvesting Power, Christopher R. Henke explores the ways that science helped build the Salinas Valley and California's broader farm industry. Henke focuses on the case of University of California "farm advisors," scientists stationed in counties throughout the state who have stepped forward to help growers deal with crises ranging from labor shortages to plagues of insects. These disruptions in what Henke terms industrial agriculture's "ecology of power" provide a window onto how agricultural scientists and growers have collaborated - and struggled - in shaping this industry."--Jacket.
- Series Statement
- Inside technology
- Uniform Title
- Inside technology
- Subject
- Agriculture > Research > California > Salinas River Valley
- Agricultural productivity > California > Salinas River Valley
- Agricultural productivity
- Agriculture > Research
- Agrarforschung
- Agrobusiness
- Gemüsebau
- Lantbruk > forskning > Kalifornien > Förenta staterna
- Växtodling > forskning > Kalifornien > Förenta staterna
- Sädesslag > forskning > Kalifornien > Förenta staterna
- Lantbrukskemi > forskning > Kalifornien > Förenta staterna
- California > Salinas River Valley
- Salinastal
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-215) and index.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction: Repairing Industrial Agriculture -- 2. New Agrarian Ideal: Foundations of Cooperative Extension -- 3. Niche of Their Own: Cooperative Extension's Move toward Specialization -- 4. Repair Crisis: Farm Labor during World War II and Beyond -- 5. Making a Place for Science: The Field Trial -- 6. Making Change: Power, Politics, and Environmental Problems -- 7. Conclusion: The Future of Agriculture in the United States -- App. Methodology.
- ISBN
- 9780262083737
- 0262083736
- LCCN
- 2008008743
- OCLC
- ocn213375753
- 213375753
- SCSB-1488556
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library