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The takeover : chicken farming and the roots of American agribusiness / Monica R. Gisolfi.
Lippincott Library HD9437.U63 G445 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gisolfi, Monica R., [author].
- Series:
- Environmental history and the American South
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Poultry industry--Georgia--History.
- Poultry industry.
- Poultry industry--United States--History.
- Agricultural industries--United States--History.
- Agricultural industries.
- Agriculture--Economic aspects--United States--History.
- Agriculture.
- Agriculture--Economic aspects.
- History.
- United States.
- Georgia.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 104 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Athens : University of Georgia Press, [2017]
- Contents:
- Introduction
- From cotton to chicken, 1914-1939
- World War II and the command economy, 1939-1945
- Taking over: integrators and the birth of the modern broiler industry
- Broiler sharecroppers and hired hands
- From public nuisance to toxic waste, 1940-1990
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 73-100) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Samuel Blank Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780820335780
- 0820335789
- 9780820349718
- 0820349712
- OCLC:
- 964065613
- Publisher Number:
- 99971191062
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