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American agriculture in the twentieth century : how it flourished and what it cost / Bruce L. Gardner.
Lippincott Library HD1761 .G2447 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gardner, Bruce L.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Agriculture--Economic aspects--United States--History--20th century.
- Agriculture.
- Agriculture--Economic aspects--United States--Statistics.
- Agriculture--Economic aspects.
- Family farms.
- History.
- United States.
- Agriculture--United States--Costs--Statistics.
- Family farms--United States--Statistics.
- Farm income--United States--Statistics.
- Farm income.
- Agricultural credit.
- Agricultural productivity.
- Agricultural subsidies--United States.
- Agricultural subsidies.
- Agriculture and state--United States.
- Agriculture and state.
- Agricultural laws and legislation--United States.
- Agricultural laws and legislation.
- Genre:
- Statistics.
- Physical Description:
- x, 388 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2002.
- Summary:
- American agriculture in the twentieth century has given the world one of its great success stories, a paradigm of productivity and plenty. Yet the story has its dark side, from the plight of the Okies in the 1930s to the farm crisis of the 1980s to todayUs concerns about low crop prices and the impact of biotechnology. Looking at U.S. farming over the past century, Bruce Gardner searches out explanations for both the remarkable progress and the persistent social problems that have marked the history of American agriculture.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-378) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0674007484
- OCLC:
- 49332469
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