Genetic geographies. A historical comparison of agrarian modernization and eugenic thought in Germany, the Soviet Union, and the United States

Geoforum

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 175-185

  Flitner, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Eugenics; Geopolitics; Germany; Plant geography; Soviet Union; United States

Indexed keywords

AGRARIAN CHANGE; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; GENETICS; MODERNIZATION; PLANT BREEDING;

GERMANY; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037544008     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7185(02)00090-8     Document Type: Article

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