Description
The Green Revolution has been heralded as a political and technological achievement-unprecedented in human history. Yet in the decades that have followed it, this supposedly nonviolent revolution has left lands ravaged by violence and ecological scarcity. A dedicated empiricist, Vandana Shiva takes a magnifying glass to the effects of the Green Revolution in India, examining the devastating effects of monoculture and commercial agriculture and revealing the nuanced relationship between ecologica
Author: Vandana Shiva
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 12/23/2015
Pages: 266
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9780813166544
ISBN10: 0813166543
BISAC Categories:
- Science | Environmental Science (see also Chemistry | Environmental)
- Nature | Environmental Conservation & Protection | General
- Business & Economics | Industries | Agribusiness
Author: Vandana Shiva
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 12/23/2015
Pages: 266
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9780813166544
ISBN10: 0813166543
BISAC Categories:
- Science | Environmental Science (see also Chemistry | Environmental)
- Nature | Environmental Conservation & Protection | General
- Business & Economics | Industries | Agribusiness
About the Author
Vandana Shiva is the director of Navdanya in India. A physicist, philosopher, and feminist, she is the author of more than twenty books and the recipient of more than twenty international awards.
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