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Social imperialism and state support for agricultural research in Edwardian Britain

Robert Olby Division of the History and Philosophy of Science, Department of Philosophy, The University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, U.K.
Pages 509-526 | Received 02 Oct 1990, Published online: 18 Sep 2006

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