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To Know The Land With Hands And Minds: Negotiating Agricultural Knowledge In Late-Nineteenth-Century New England And Westphalia, Justus Hillebrand
To Know The Land With Hands And Minds: Negotiating Agricultural Knowledge In Late-Nineteenth-Century New England And Westphalia, Justus Hillebrand
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Ever since the eighteenth century, experts have tried to tell farmers how to farm. The agricultural enlightenment in Europe marked the beginning of a long arc of new experts aiming to change agricultural knowledge and practice. This dissertation analyzes the pivotal period in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century in Germany and the United States when scientists, improvers, and market agents began to develop comprehensive ways to communicate agricultural innovation to farmers. In a functional approach to analyzing the negotiation of agricultural knowledge through its communication in things, words, and practices, this dissertation argues that the process of change …
Explorations, Vol. 6, No. 2, Carole J. Bombard, Nick Houtman, William H. Whitaker, Jean M. Andrews, Henry Munson Jr., Jamie Watler, Michael Palmer, Diane J. Garsombke, Thomas W. Garsombke
Explorations, Vol. 6, No. 2, Carole J. Bombard, Nick Houtman, William H. Whitaker, Jean M. Andrews, Henry Munson Jr., Jamie Watler, Michael Palmer, Diane J. Garsombke, Thomas W. Garsombke
Explorations — A Journal of Research
Cover: Untitled #13, Series 2, chalk on paper, by Ronald Ghiz, Associate Professor of Art at the University of Maine.
Articles include:
"Editorial Overview: in this issue," by Carole J. Bombard
"Save the Planet . . . please," by Nick Houtman
"Research and Public Service Recognizing Leadership, Pioneering, and Productivity," Herb Hidu and Stephen Norton
"Private Assistance for Maine’s Hungry," by William H. Whitaker and Jean M. Andrews
"The Ugly Faces of Hunger"
"Explaining the Iranian Revolution," by Henry Munson, Jr.
"Biological Clocks: timing is everything—and everywhere," by Jamie Watler
"Love of Glory and the Common Good: Periclean Democracy and …
Vanceboro, Maine, 1870-1900: A Hinterland Community, Faye E. Luppi, Marcella L. Sorge
Vanceboro, Maine, 1870-1900: A Hinterland Community, Faye E. Luppi, Marcella L. Sorge
Maine History
The article discusses the history of Vanceboro, Maine in the period from 1871 to 1900. It explores the impact of the relationship between this “hinterland community” and the metropolitan economies to which it was connected.