Plant breeding and agrarian research in Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institutes, 1933-1945 : calories, caoutchouc, careers

Author(s)

• Heim, Susanne

Bibliographic Information

Plant breeding and agrarian research in Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institutes, 1933-1945 : calories, caoutchouc, careers

Susanne Heim

（Boston studies in the philosophy of science, v. 260）

Springer, c2008

• hbk.

Other Title

Kalorien, Kautschuk, Karrieren : Pflanzenzüchtung und landwirtschaftiche Forschung in Kaiser-Wilhelm-Instituten, 1933-1945.

Note

Translated from the German

Description and Table of Contents

Description

A history of the agricultural sciences in Nazi Germany is presented in this book. The book analyzes scientific practice under the Nazi regime, Nazi agricultural policy and autarkic strategies, and the expansion policy in Eastern Europe. It offers new insights into the Auschwitz concentration camp and new perspectives on the cooperation between German elite scientists and the Nazi regime. The book goes on to dismiss the assumption that "Arian physics" were typical for Nazi Germany.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Politics and Agricultural Research Calories - Agricultural Research, the Food Economy and War Herbert Backe and Science Policy Research on Plant and Animal Breeding Foreign Currencies, Genetics and the Fodder Gap Autochthonous Animal Species and Artificial Insemination The Four-Year Plan, 'Greater Europe', and Substitute Substances Hydrobiology and Limnology for the Four-Year Plan Institute Projects in South-Eastern Europe Research on Native Textile Plants Productivization of People The Science of Agricultural Work Work Physiology and Nutritional Science Resume: War as Opportunity Caoutchouc - A Vital War Reserve The Development of a Research Programme Dependence on Natural Rubber The Kok-Sagyz Network Slave Labour for Science Kok-Sagyz Cultivation in German-Occupied Europe Plant Breeding Research in Auschwitz Resume: Scientific Productivity and Terror Careers - Hans Stubbe and Klaus von Rosenstiel Two Breeding Researchers The Pure Air of Scientific Research The Seamy Side of Academic Life The Advance of Science Wild Plants as a Genetic Resource Research Organisation in the Occupied East Post-War Careers Resume: Creators, Experts, Servants Conclusions: Science, Nazi Rule and War

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Details

• NCID: BA85836006
• ISBN:
  • 9781402067174
• Country Code: ne
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: ger
• Place of Publication: [Dordrecht]
• Pages/Volumes: x, 222 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • DC22 : 630.72043
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Kaiser Wilhelm-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften
  • LCSH : Agriculture -- Research -- Germany -- History
  • LCSH : Plant breeding -- Research -- Germany -- History
  • LCSH : Science and state -- Germany -- History
  • LCSH : National socialism and science
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00017164