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FREDERICK H. BUTTEL is Associate Professor of Rural Sociology at Cornell University and a member of the Program in Science, Society and Technology. He recently coauthored ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY, AND SOCIETY and LABOR AND THE ENVIRONMENT: AN ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY ON WORKPLACE ENVIRONMENT QUALITY IN THE UNITED STATES. He is currently Director of the Cornell University Agriculture in the Liberal Arts Program.
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Buttel, F.H. The land-grant system: A sociological perspective on value conflicts and ethical issues. Agric Hum Values 2, 78–95 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01530555
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