{"product_id":"cultivating-crisis-the-human-cost-of-pesticides-in-latin-america-paperback-softback-9780292751699","title":"Cultivating Crisis; The Human Cost of Pesticides in Latin America (Paperback \/ softback) 9780292751699","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCultivating Crisis\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Human Cost of Pesticides in Latin America\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDouglas L. Murray (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780292751699\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 February 1995\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e191 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.1 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThis book will interest those wishing a balanced insight into the ecological and economic problems associated with fostering sustainable development in Third World countries.\u003c\/div\u003e (Choice)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince World War II, the Green Revolution has boosted agricultural production in Latin America and other parts of the Third World, with money, technical assistance, and other forms of aid from United States development agencies. But the Green Revolution came at a high price-massive pesticide dependence that has caused serious socioeconomic and public health problems and widespread environmental damage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this study, Douglas Murray draws on ten years of field research to tell the stories of international development strategies, pesticide problems, and agrarian change in Latin America. Interwoven with his considerations of economic and geopolitical dimensions are the human consequences for individual farmers and rural communities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis highly interdisciplinary study, integrating the perspectives of sociology, ecology, economics, political science, and public health, adds an important voice to the debate on opportunities for and obstacles to more lasting and sustainable development in the Third World. It will be of interest to a wide audience in the social and environmental sciences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1. Development’\u003cbr\u003es Unkept Promise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. Pesticides and the Central American Cotton Boom\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. Cotton and the Pesticide Crisis\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. Addressing the Crisis through Nontraditional Agriculture\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5. Pesticides and Social Inequity in Nontraditional Agriculture\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6. The Search for Solutions: Integrated Pest Management\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7. The Search for Solutions: The Safe-Use Paradigm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8. Pesticides, Development, and Crisis: Toward a Resolution\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52530885099800,"sku":"9780292751699","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/cultivating-crisis-the-human-cost-of-pesticides-in-latin-america-paperback-softback-9780292751699","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}