Agricultural Knowledge Networks in Rural Europe, 1700-2000

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Segers, Yves
Other Authors:	Van Molle, Leen, Myrdal, Janken, Lehmbrock, Verena, Holland, Sarah, Claeys, Dries, Cabo, Miguel, Fernández Prieto, Lourenzo, Herment, Laurent, Brassley, Paul
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Woodbridge : Boydell & Brewer, Incorporated, 2022.
Series:	Boydell Studies in Rural History Ser.
Subjects:	Communication in agriculture > History > 18th century. Communication in agriculture > History > 19th century. Communication in agriculture > History > 20th century. Agricultural innovations > History > 18th century. Agricultural innovations > History > 19th century. Agricultural innovations > History > 20th century. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

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