The purpose of this book is to take stock of the 50 or more years of rural sociological
research on agriculture in the USA and to provide an overview of changing research foci …

The development of most insect pest complexes have been associated with the expansion
of crop monocultures at the expense of weeds, hedgerows and other natural vegetation …

Electrifying, provocative, and controversial when first published thirty years ago, Donna
Haraway's “Cyborg Manifesto” is even more relevant today, when the divisions that she so …

How, in fact, are we to understand this peculiar urge to cross-dress, whose symptomatology
we met in the preceding? Is it perhaps only a matter of a form of homosexuality? In front of …

Simians, Cyborgs and Women is a powerful collection of ten essays written between 1978
and 1989. Although on the surface, simians, cyborgs and women may seem an odd …

This book incorporates new insights and concepts in the hope of helping guide agricultural
students, researchers, and practitioners to a deeper understanding of the ecology of …

Development and Social Change: A Global Perspective explains how development thinking
and practice have shaped our world. It introduces students to four interconnected projects …

Este ensaio1 é um esforço para construir um mito político, pleno de ironia, que seja fiel ao
feminismo, ao socialismo e ao materialismo. 2 Um mito que poderá ser, talvez, mais fiel–na …

This essay is an effort to build an ironic political myth faithful to feminism, socialism, and
materialism. Perhaps more faithful as blasphemy is faithful, than as reverent worship and …

First the Seed spotlights the history of plant breeding and shows how efforts to control the
seed have shaped the emergence of the agricultural biotechnology industry. This second …