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| Green revolution : agricultural and social change in a north Indian village. Anthropological papers of the AMNH ; no. 85 |
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| Title: | Green revolution : agricultural and social change in a north Indian village. Anthropological papers of the AMNH ; no. 85 |
| Authors: | Freed, Stanley A. Freed, Ruth S. |
| Issue Date: | 2002 |
| Publisher: | [New York] : American Museum of Natural History |
| Series/Report no.: | Anthropological papers of the American Museum of Natural History, no. 85 |
| Abstract: | "In the mid-1960s, rural India passed through a period of rapid technological and social change known as the Green Revolution. It was the transition from basically subsistence peasant farming at a low technological level to expensive commercial farming with modern technology. Five major sociotechnological innovations were basic to the Green Revolution: the development of high-yielding varieties of food grains, especially wheat and rice; land consolidation; private tubewell irrigation; mechanization; and the use of factory fertilizers and pesticides. New sources of energy, electricity and the internal combustion engine, which replaced bullock power, and the financial infrastructure that enabled farmers to buy the new equipment--tractors, tubewells, and threshers--represented a fundamental change. If the Green Revolution is taken in its broadest sense to include much higher educational levels and new employment opportunities in modern occupations, then the economy of Shanti Nagar, whose ... |
| Description: | xv, 296 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 26 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-286) and index. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2246/311 |
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