1st Edition
The Making of Modern Agriculture in Independent India Global Knowledge Network, National Planning, and the Green Revolution
Introduction Ch. 1: Poor Soil, Rich Soil: Scientists Seek a Roadmap for ‘Modern’ Agriculture Ch. 2: Technology and Ideology: The Red Scare, American Technical Cooperation, and Agricultural Universities Ch. 3: Breads or Bullets, Cows or Crops: India’s Course of Transition, 1959- 64 Ch. 4: Science as Panacea: Technocratic India opts for the ‘Green Revolution’, 1965-68 Ch. 5: Technology and Agrarian-Environment: Green Revolution technologies in farmers’ fields. Epilogue
Biography
Madhumita Saha is Associate Professor of History at Amity University, India. Her research focuses on the history of science and technology, agriculture, and environmental history in modern India. She has been a Fulbright Doctoral Fellow and PACHS Dissertation Writing Fellow. She is currently working on the history of agricultural science in India at the juncture of colonialism and rising nationalism.
