Planting Seeds of Knowledge - Agriculture and Education in Rural Societies in the Twentieth Century

In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, agricultural practices and rural livelihoods were challenged by changes such as commercialization, intensified global trade, and rapid urbanization. Planting Seeds of Knowledge studies the relationship between these agricultural changes and knowledge-making through a transnational lens. Spanning exchanges between different parts of Europe, North and South America, the Indian subcontinent, and Africa, the wide-reaching contributions to this volume reform current historiography to show how local experiences redefined global practice.

About the author

Julia Tischler is an associate professor of African History and co-director of the Center for African Studies at the University of Basel, Switzerland. Her first monograph, Light and Power for a Multiracial Nation (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013), dealt with the history of the Kariba Dam on the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Product details

• Authors: Heinrich Tischler Hartmann
• Assisted by: Heinrich Hartmann (Editor), Hartmann Heinrich (Editor), Julia Tischler (Editor), Tischler Julia (Editor)
• Publisher: BERGHAHN BOOKS, INC
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.06.2023
• EAN: 9781805390107
• ISBN: 978-1-80539-010-7
• No. of pages: 366
• Series: Environment in History: International Perspectives; Environment in History: Intern
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; EDUCATION / General, Education, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, 20th Century, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Rural, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Agribusiness, Rural communities, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Social and cultural history, Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and rural economics, SDG 12, sdg_12