STS.428 2004秋季课程：美国乡野地区的科技与改变(Technology and Change in Rural America, Fall 2004)
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旧与新：两头牛拉着犁耕地，走在前面的是拖拉机驱动的犁。（图片由美国国会图书馆印刷品及照片部提供。）
The old and the new: a tractor and plow, in front of a pair of oxen pulling a plow. (Courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-55902.)
The old and the new: a tractor and plow, in front of a pair of oxen pulling a plow. (Courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-55902.)
课程重点
课程描述
本课程以科学技术的作用为重点，从生计到工业化思考在美国和国际背景下乡野生产的历史尺度。
议题包括改变发展的观念；遗传学及其对食品生产综合应用的产生；农场生产和食品工业中的机械化；移民劳动力的作用；管理理论及其对农场生产的影响；联邦政府及非政府组织在生产系统中的作用；食品生产系统中的女性；以及绿色革命。
This course considers the historical dimensions of rural production from subsistence to industrialization, both in America and in an international context, with an emphasis on the role of science and technology. Topics include changing notions of progress; emergence of genetics and its complex applications to food production; mechanization of both farm practices and the food industry; role of migrant labor; management theory and its impact on farm practice; role of federal governments and NGOs in production systems; women in food production systems; and the green revolution.
This course considers the historical dimensions of rural production from subsistence to industrialization, both in America and in an international context, with an emphasis on the role of science and technology. Topics include changing notions of progress; emergence of genetics and its complex applications to food production; mechanization of both farm practices and the food industry; role of migrant labor; management theory and its impact on farm practice; role of federal governments and NGOs in production systems; women in food production systems; and the green revolution.
