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100	1		_aZadoks, J.C., _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aOn the political economy of plant disease epidemics : _bCapita selecta in historical epidemiology / _cJ.C. Zadoks.
246	3		_aCapita selecta in historical epidemiology
264		1	_aLeiden ; _aBoston : _bBrill | Wageningen Academic, _c2008.
264		4	_c©2008
300			_a1 online resource (250 pages) : _billustrations.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_tOn the political economy of plant disease epidemics / _rJ. C. Zadoks.
520			_aFood security has been and always will be a human concern. Food security has always been fragile, threatened by a variety of factors including plant disease epidemics. Several plant disease epidemics of the past lead to questions like: What happened? How did people deal with these epidemics? What were the social and political consequences? This volume deals with such questions in six selected chapters. Chapter 1 discusses black stem rust of wheat in antiquity, and how its epidemics were perceived by the ancients. Chapter 2 reconstructs a forgotten epidemic of yellow stripe rust, 1846, on rye, a staple food in Continental Europe. Chapter 3 describes the epidemics of potato late blight in Continental Europe, 1844-46, that caused the Continental Famine and - in the longer reach - contributed to the European revolutions of 1848. Chapter 4 studies the impact of plant disease on the food situation in the neutral Netherlands during World War I. Chapter 5 looks at belligerent Germany during World War I, ravaged by plant disease. Chapter 6 treats the problem of under-rating and over-estimating the effect of plant diseases on the course of history: the effects of ergot on political events in Russia, 1722, and in France, 1779, of black stem rust on wheat on the Russian Famine, 1932/3, and of rice brown spot on the Bengal Famine, 1943. This publication is of interest to plant pathologists, historians, economists and sociologists, interested in history, and with a focus on food.
546			_aEnglish
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
650		0	_aPlant diseases _xEpidemics _xEconomic aspects.
650		0	_aPlant diseases _xEpidemics _xHistory.
650		0	_aPlant diseases _xEpidemics _xPolitical aspects.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _tOn the political economy of plant disease epidemics : Capita selecta in historical epidemiology. _dLeiden ; Boston : Brill | Wageningen Academic, 2008. _z9789086860869 _w(OCoLC)255898110
856	4		_zDOI: _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3920/978-90-8686-653-3
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