A History of India's Green Revolution (Record no. 70693)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781009665742
028 ## - DISTRIBUTOR NAME
Distributor Name : Raghav Books Pvt. Ltd.
Distributor address : B-2/25, 1st Floor, Arun house, Ansari Road, Darya ganj, New Delhi
Bill Number : 3278
Bill Date : 29/08/2026
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 338.16 KUM
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Kumar, Prakash.
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title A History of India's Green Revolution
Remainder of title : Reign of Technocracy.
Statement of responsibility, etc / Prakash Kumar.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc , New Delhi
Name of publisher, distributor, etc : Cambridge University Press
Date of publication, distribution, etc , 2025.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xv, 237p.
Dimensions : 24cm.
365 ## - TRADE PRICE
Price amount 416.50
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc In the mid-1960s, India's 'green revolution' saw the embrace of more productive agricultural practices and high yielding variety seeds, bringing the country out of food scarcity. Although lauded as a success of the Cold War fight against hunger, the green revolution has also faced criticisms for causing ecological degradation and socio-economic inequality. This book contextualizes the 'green revolution' to show the contingencies and pitfalls of agrarian transformation. Prakash Kumar unpacks its contested history, tracing agricultural modernization in India from colonial-era crop development, to land and tenure reforms, community development, and the expansion of arable lands. He also examines the involvement of the colonial state, post-colonial elites, and American modernizers. Over time, all of these efforts came under the spell of technocracy, an unyielding belief in the power of technology to solve social and economic underdevelopment which, Kumar argues, best explains what caused the green revolution.<br/><br/>1)Unpacks the history of India's 'green revolution' to reveal a contested history of modernization.<br/><br/>2) Illustrates the advantages and disadvantages of technocratic measures and their impact on society.<br/><br/>3) Demonstrates the unique influences of both a colonial past and Americanist modernizing forces.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element History
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Green Revolution
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Environment
700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Prakash Kumar.
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    Dewey Decimal Classification     SNU LIBRARY SNU LIBRARY 03/09/2026 Raghav Books Pvt. Ptd. 416.50 1 1 338.16 KUM 31718 29/11/2026 04/10/2026 04/10/2026 03/09/2026 Books
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