The Third World Agriculture, Ecology, and Politics Shiva, Vandana creator author. text kyu 2016 monographic eng 264 pages : illustrations, maps, charts. 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 ecological destruction and poverty. In this classic work, the influential activist and scholar also looks to the future as she examines new developments in gene technology. Introduction -- 1. Science and politics in the Green Revolution -- 2. 'Miracle seeds' and the destruction of genetic diversity -- 3. Chemical fertilizers and soil fertility -- 4. Intensive irrigation, large dams and water conflicts -- 5. The Political and cultural costs of the Green Revolution -- 6. Pepsico for peace? -- 7. The seed and the spinning wheel : the political ecology of technological change. Vandana Shiva. Originally published: Penang, Malaysia : Third World Network, [1991]. Includes bibliographical references. English Green Revolution Social aspects India Punjab Revolución Verde Aspectos sociales India Punjab Green Revolution Environmental aspects India Punjab Revolución Verde Aspectos sociales India Punjab Green Revolution India Punjab Revolución verde India Punyab 333.7609545 9780813166544 https://itmsp.museknowledge.com/UOH?qurl=https://libros-uoh.uoh.cl//ebook_2/the-violence-of-the-green-revolution-third-world-agriculture-ecology-and-politics/ https://itmsp.museknowledge.com/UOH?qurl=https://libros-uoh.uoh.cl//ebook_2/the-violence-of-the-green-revolution-third-world-agriculture-ecology-and-politics/ MdBmJHUP 240410 20260526152301.0 u5587