Plant Breeding and Agrarian Research in Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institutes 1933-1945
Calories, Caoutchouc, Careers
Seiten
2008
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2008 ed.
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
978-1-4020-6717-4 (ISBN)
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
978-1-4020-6717-4 (ISBN)
The book offers a history of the agricultural sciences in Nazi Germany. The book reveals the relation between science and power in Nazi Germany beyond the usual dichotomy that paints scientists in Nazi Germany either as victims of oppression or as sadistic beasts.
The book offers a history of the agricultural sciences in Nazi Germany. It analyzes scientific practice under the Nazi regime, Nazi agricultural policy and autarkic strategies as well as expansion policy in Eastern Europe. It also offers new insights into the Auschwitz concentration camp. It outlines the Nazi’s comprehensive nutritional and agricultural research program intended to prepare Germany for war by raising productivity through scientific means, researching the relation between nutrition and performance at the edge of starvation, and restructuring the agricultural economy of the continent. The book reveals the relation between science and power in Nazi Germany beyond the usual dichotomy that paints scientists in Nazi Germany either as victims of oppression or as sadistic beasts. It shows the involvement of a high ranking scientific elite in the Nazi regime of occupation and looting of cultural goods in the occupied eastern territories – largely for the sake of their own careers. The main audience the book addresses are students of history and the history of science, and anyone interested in the history of Nazi Germany.
The book offers a history of the agricultural sciences in Nazi Germany. It analyzes scientific practice under the Nazi regime, Nazi agricultural policy and autarkic strategies as well as expansion policy in Eastern Europe. It also offers new insights into the Auschwitz concentration camp. It outlines the Nazi’s comprehensive nutritional and agricultural research program intended to prepare Germany for war by raising productivity through scientific means, researching the relation between nutrition and performance at the edge of starvation, and restructuring the agricultural economy of the continent. The book reveals the relation between science and power in Nazi Germany beyond the usual dichotomy that paints scientists in Nazi Germany either as victims of oppression or as sadistic beasts. It shows the involvement of a high ranking scientific elite in the Nazi regime of occupation and looting of cultural goods in the occupied eastern territories – largely for the sake of their own careers. The main audience the book addresses are students of history and the history of science, and anyone interested in the history of Nazi Germany.
From the contents
Introduction: Politics and Agricultural Research.- Calories - Agricultural Research, the Food Economy and War. The Four-Year Plan, 'Greater Europe', and Substitute Substances. Résumé: War as Opportunity.- Caoutchouc – A Vital War Reserve; The Development of a Research Programme. Slave Labour for Science. Résumé: Scientific Productivity and Terror.- Careers - Hans Stubbe and Klaus von Rosenstiel; Two Breeding Researchers. The Advance of Science.- Post-War Careers. Résumé: Creators, Experts, Servants.- Conclusions: Science, Nazi Rule and War.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 24.4.2008 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science ; 260 |
| Zusatzinfo | X, 235 p. |
| Verlagsort | New York, NY |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945 |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte | |
| Naturwissenschaften | |
| Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4020-6717-8 / 1402067178 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4020-6717-4 / 9781402067174 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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