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Course: World History Project AP® > Unit 9
Lesson 2: 9.1—Technology and the Environment- BEFORE YOU WATCH: Globalization I – The Upside: CCWH #41
- WATCH: Globalization I - The Upside
- READ: The Trouble with Globalization
- READ: The Anthropocene
- BEFORE YOU WATCH: Eradicating Smallpox
- WATCH: Eradicating Smallpox
- READ: Population and Environmental Trends, 1880 to the Present
- READ: Environmentalism
- BEFORE YOU WATCH: Green Revolution
- WATCH: Green Revolution
- READ: Conflicts Over Natural Resources
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WATCH: Green Revolution
In this video, scholar Eman M. Elshaikh introduces the Green Revolution, which refers to agricultural technology transfers aimed at reducing world hunger, mainly in the 1950s and 1960s. The set of policies and aid initiatives also had a political element within the context of the Cold War. Aid from the US was linked to the belief that extreme poverty and hunger might turn populations to communist political movements. Debate continues over the benefits and costs of the programs, based on disagreements about sustainability, US corporate benefits, and whether the Green Revolution actually made things measurably better in the long run.
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/OERProject. Created by Eman Elshaikh.
Website: https://whp.oerproject.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OERProject/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/OERProject. Created by Eman Elshaikh.
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