The Green Revolution: Narratives of Politics, Technology and Gender

ISBN-13: 9780367670214 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 78 str.

Patrick Kilby

Opis

This book reviews the Green Revolution, starting with its inception and development from the 1940s to the 1970s, and leading to what is commonly referred to as a second Green Revolution in the 2000s.

Spis treści

1. Introduction and Background  2. The Green Revolution  3. Three Green Revolution Case Studies  4. Countervailing Forces - Structural Adjustment and the twenty-first Century Green Revolution  5. Gender and the Green Revolution: absent women  6. Conclusions

O autorze

Patrick Kilby is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Archaeology and Anthropology, Australian National University, Australia.