Science cultivating practice
Subtitle: a history of agricultural science in the Netherlands and its colonies, 1863-1986
By: by Harro Maat.
Series: Library of environmental, agricultural, and food ethics -- v. 1
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Dordrecht; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 249
Subjects: Agriculture -- Netherlands -- History -- 19th century.; Agriculture -- Netherlands -- History -- 20th century.; Agriculture -- Netherlands -- Colonies -- History -- 19th century.; Agriculture -- Netherlands -- Colonies -- History -- 20th century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 232-242).
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1 Introduction; title: 1. The Central Issues; title: 2. Inspiring Theoretical Notions; title: 3. Objectives and Methodology; title: 4. Layout of the Book; title: 2 Science and Agriculture in the Nineteenth Century; title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. Science and Agriculture in the Netherlands; title: 3. Science and Agriculture in the Dutch East Indies; title: 4. Conclusion; title: 3 The Organisation of Agricultural Research; title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. Agricultural Research in the Netherlands, 1870s-1920s; title: 3. Agricultural Research on Java, 1870s- 1940s; title: 4. Agricultural Research in the Netherlands 1930s-1980s; title: 5. Conclusion; title: 4 Scientific Education for Agriculture; title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. Educating Scientific Farmers; title: 3. Higher Agricultural Education; title: 4. Disciplinary Differentiation; title: 5. Conclusion; title: 5 Genetics and Plant Breeding: Wheat in the Netherlands; title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. Plant Breeding and Science; title: 3. Science and Plant Breeding; title: 4. Institutional Differentiation; title: 5. Conclusion; title: 6 Rice Breeding in the Dutch Colonies; title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. Rice Breeding on Java; title: 3. Mechanised Rice Cultivation in Surinam; title: 4. Conclusion; title: 7 Numerical Abstraction in Agricultural Science; title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. Agricultural-Economic Statistics; title: 3. Mathematical Statistics; title: 4. Mathematical Modelling; title: 5. Conclusion; title: 8 Conclusion and Postscript; title: 1. Conclusion; title: 2. Postscript: Some Current Developments; title: References; title: 1. Archives; title: 2. Serials; title: 3. Interviews; title: 4. Bibliography; title: Index.