| Titre | Marcher la nuit sans lanterne, c'est cueillir chardons pour luzerne. | |
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| Auteur | Mauro Ambrosoli | |
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Revue | Etudes rurales |
| Numéro | no 151-152, 1999 Autres temps, autres lieux | |
| Page | 77-102 | |
| Résumé anglais |
Botany and agriculture in Western Europe (1350-1850) -
After recalling the hypotheses developed in The Wild and the Sown and criticisms of them, the underlying research options are shown to be coherent. Two specific examples - the diffusion of clover in the Netherlands during the 17th and 18th centuries, and the policy for stimulating the exchange of botanical information in the Napoleonic empire - illustrate the possibility of extending this research. The growth of the international seed market along with the development of a global knowledge of plants and soils shared by botanists and agronomists all over Europe formed the essential conditions for the birth of a new agriculture before the 19th century agrochemical revolution. By shedding light on the flow of information and knowledge underlying the "agricultural revolution", a comprehensive approach to the history of the environment is shown to be worth considering. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/rural_0014-2182_1999_num_151_1_4117 |
