STS.428 2004秋季課程：美國鄉野地區的科技與改變(Technology and Change in Rural America, Fall 2004)
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舊與新：兩頭牛拉著犁耕地，走在前面的是拖引機驅動的犁。（圖片由 美國國會圖書館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.)
課程重點
課程描述
本課程，以科學技術的作用為重點，探究了鄉野生產在美國國內和國際背景下，自生計到工業化過程的歷史向度。議題內容包括：對「進步」概念的變化；遺傳學及其對食品生產綜合應用的產生；農場生產和食品工業中的機械化；移民勞動力的作用；管理理論及其對農場實務的影響；聯邦政府及非政府組織在生產系統中的作用；食品生產系統中的女性；以及綠色革命。
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.
