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The Violence of the Green Revolution: Third World Agriculture, Ecology, and Politics - Paperback

The Violence of the Green Revolution: Third World Agriculture, Ecology, and Politics - Paperback

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by Vandana Shiva (Author)

The Green Revolution has been heralded as a political and technological achievement-unprecedented in human history. Yet in the decades that have followed it, this supposedly nonviolent revolution has left lands ravaged by violence and ecological scarcity. A dedicated empiricist, Vandana Shiva takes a magnifying glass to the effects of the Green Revolution in India, examining the devastating effects of monoculture and commercial agriculture and revealing the nuanced relationship between ecologica

Author Biography

Vandana Shiva is the director of Navdanya in India. A physicist, philosopher, and feminist, she is the author of more than twenty books and the recipient of more than twenty international awards.

Number of Pages: 266
Dimensions: 0.6 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN
Publication Date: December 23, 2015