Science cultivating practice : a history of agricultural science in the Netherlands and its colonies, 1863-1986
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| OCLC: | 48098476 |
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| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht ; Boston :
Kluwer Academic Publishers,
c2001.
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| Series: | Library of environmental, agricultural, and food ethics ;
v. 1. |
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| Format: | Thesis Monograph Note that CRL will digitize material from the collection when copyright allows. |
Table of Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1 Introduction
- 1. The Central Issues
- 2. Inspiring Theoretical Notions
- 3. Objectives and Methodology
- 4. Layout of the Book
- 2 Science and Agriculture in the Nineteenth Century
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Science and Agriculture in the Netherlands
- 3. Science and Agriculture in the Dutch East Indies
- 4. Conclusion
- 3 The Organisation of Agricultural Research
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Agricultural Research in the Netherlands, 1870s-1920s
- 3. Agricultural Research on Java, 1870s- 1940s
- 4. Agricultural Research in the Netherlands 1930s-1980s
- 5. Conclusion
- 4 Scientific Education for Agriculture
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Educating Scientific Farmers
- 3. Higher Agricultural Education
- 4. Disciplinary Differentiation
- 5. Conclusion
- 5 Genetics and Plant Breeding: Wheat in the Netherlands
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Plant Breeding and Science
- 3. Science and Plant Breeding
- 4. Institutional Differentiation
- 5. Conclusion
- 6 Rice Breeding in the Dutch Colonies
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Rice Breeding on Java
- 3. Mechanised Rice Cultivation in Surinam
- 4. Conclusion
- 7 Numerical Abstraction in Agricultural Science
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Agricultural-Economic Statistics
- 3. Mathematical Statistics
- 4. Mathematical Modelling
- 5. Conclusion
- 8 Conclusion and Postscript
- 1. Conclusion
- 2. Postscript: Some Current Developments
- References
- 1. Archives
- 2. Serials
- 3. Interviews
- 4. Bibliography
- Index.