Grassland utopia and slent spring: Rereading the agrichemical revolution in New Zealand

New Zealand Geographer

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 65-72

  Wildblood Crawford, Bruce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Agricultural history; Chemical industry; Discourse; New Zealand

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL HISTORY; AGROCHEMICAL; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; GREEN REVOLUTION;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 33748457479     PISSN: 00288144     EISSN: 17457939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7939.2006.00049.x     Document Type: Article

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