Pragmatism, patronage and politics in English biology: The rise and fall of economic biology 1904-1920

Journal of the History of Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 213-258

  Kraft, Alison ^a  

^a Sch Clin Med Sci Gerontology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

agriculture; applied biology; Association of Economic Biologists; civic universities; Development Act; Economic Biology; Empire; entomology

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIOLOGY; ECONOMICS; HISTORY; POLITICAL SYSTEM; POLITICS; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGRICULTURE; BIOLOGY; COLONIALISM; ECONOMICS; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; POLITICS;

EID: 4444295917     PISSN: 00225010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:HIST.0000038268.39357.28     Document Type: Review

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