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Title: Not on my Farm! Resistance to Bovine Tuberculosis Eradication in the United States

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2007

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Abstract: The active opposition to technical change has frequently impeded economic growth. This article examines the widespread resistance to government-led campaigns to use new tuberculin testing technologies to eradicate bovine tuberculosis in the United States. We explore three issues: the political economy of opposition; the role of earlier scientific controversies in the discourse; and the techniques used by the opponents. Over time, the protests shifted from challenging the scientific merits of the testing technology to more nuts-and-bolts distributional and administrative issues.

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Authors: Rhode, Paul W.; Olmstead, Alan L.

Periodical (Full): Journal of Economic History

Issue: 3

Volume: 67

Pages: 768-809

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

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