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Notes On Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- European Agriculture 1945-1960: An Introduction / Paul Brassley, Carin Martiin And Juan Pan-montojo -- International Politics -- International Institutions And European Agriculture: From The Iia To The Fao / Juan Pan-montojo -- Political Stability, Modernization And Reforms During The First Years Of The Cold War / Emanuele Bernardi -- International Agricultural Markets After The War, 1945-1960 / Ángel Luis Gonzalez, Vicente Pinilla And Raúl Serrano -- Market Regulation And The Motives Behind It -- The Policy Of Self-sufficiency And Its Impact Upon Rural Modernization In Greece, 1928-1960 / Socrates D. Petmezas -- British Agriculture In Transition: Food Shortages To Food Surpluses, 1947-1957 / John Martin -- From Food Surplus To Even Greater Food Surplus: Agrarian Politics And Prices In Denmark, 1945-1962 / Thomas Christiansen -- Technical Change -- Mechanisation And Motorisation: Natural Resources, Knowledge, Politics And Technology In 19/20th Centuries Agriculture / Juri Auderset And Peter Moser -- Technology Policies In Dictatorial Contexts: Spain And Portugal / Daniel Lanero And Lourenzo Fernández-prieto -- Tractorization: France 1946-1955 / Laurent Herment -- Rural Society And Structural Policy -- Structural Policy And The State: Changing Agricultural Society In Belgium And The Netherlands, 1945-1960 / Erwin H. Karel And Yves Segers -- From Food Scarcity To Overproduction: Saving The German Peasant During The Miracle Years / Gesine Gerhard -- Farm Labour In The Urban-industrial Swedish State / Carin Martiin -- Similar Means To Secure Postwar Food Supplies Across Western Europe: A Conclusion / Juan Pan-montojo, Carin Martiin And Paul Brassley. Edited By Carin Martiin, Juan Pan-montojo And Paul Brassley. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.