Planting Seeds of Knowledge

<p> In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries agricultural practices and rural livelihoods were challenged by changes such as commercialization intensified global trade and rapid urbanization. <em>Planting Seeds of Knowledge</em> studies the relationship between these agricultural changes and knowledge-making through a transnational lens. Spanning exchanges between different parts of Europe North and South America the Indian subcontinent and Africa the wide-reaching contributions to this volume reform current historiography to show how local experiences redefined global practice.</p>