Agricultural knowledge networks in rural Europe, 1700-2000
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Elektronische Ressource
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Publisher:
Boydell & Brewer
Place of publication:
Woodbridge
Date:
2022
Extent, illustration, format:
1 Online-Ressource (xi, 249 S.;)
Language:
Englisch
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Abstract:
An examination of how farming expertise could be shared and extended, over four centuries.
Front Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Contributors -- List of Abbreviations -- Knowledge and its Networks in Rural Europe: From the Early Eighteenth to the Late Twentieth Century -- Agricultural Literature in Scandinavia and the Anglo-Saxon Countries as an Indicator -- Peasant Eyes: A Critique of the Agricultural Enlightenment -- Fighting the Angoumois Grain Moth: Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau and his Network -- 'Promoting and Accelerating the Progress of Agriculture': A Case Study of Agricultural Societies -- 'Proper Values' in Agriculture: The Role of Agricultural Associations in Knowledge Dissemination -- 'The Eye of the Master': Livestock Improvement and Knowledge Networks in Belgium, 1900-1940 -- Bridging Rural Culture and Expert Culture: The Agrarian Press in Galicia, c.1900-c.1950 -- Farmers Facing a Body of Expertise: the Activities and Methods of the Departmental Services -- Technical Change and Knowledge Networks in England, 1945-1980s -- Communicating an Innovation: Building Dutch Progeny Testing Stations for Pigs -- Index.
Front Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Contributors -- List of Abbreviations -- Knowledge and its Networks in Rural Europe: From the Early Eighteenth to the Late Twentieth Century -- Agricultural Literature in Scandinavia and the Anglo-Saxon Countries as an Indicator -- Peasant Eyes: A Critique of the Agricultural Enlightenment -- Fighting the Angoumois Grain Moth: Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau and his Network -- 'Promoting and Accelerating the Progress of Agriculture': A Case Study of Agricultural Societies -- 'Proper Values' in Agriculture: The Role of Agricultural Associations in Knowledge Dissemination -- 'The Eye of the Master': Livestock Improvement and Knowledge Networks in Belgium, 1900-1940 -- Bridging Rural Culture and Expert Culture: The Agrarian Press in Galicia, c.1900-c.1950 -- Farmers Facing a Body of Expertise: the Activities and Methods of the Departmental Services -- Technical Change and Knowledge Networks in England, 1945-1980s -- Communicating an Innovation: Building Dutch Progeny Testing Stations for Pigs -- Index.
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edited by Yves Segers and Leen Van Molle
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Universität Erfurt
Forschungsbibliothek Gotha
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Schlossplatz 1
99867 Gotha
+49 361 737-5540
bibliothek.gotha(at)uni-erfurt.de
Forschungsbibliothek Gotha
Schloss Friedenstein
Schlossplatz 1
99867 Gotha
+49 361 737-5540
bibliothek.gotha(at)uni-erfurt.de
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2023-04-12
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2022-09-22
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