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An opportunity lost : the Truman administration and the farm policy debate / Virgil W. Dean.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dean, Virgil W.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Agriculture and state--United States--History--20th century.
- Agriculture and state.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (294 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "Examines Charles Brannan's agricultural plan, the farm policy debate, and Harry S. Truman's quest for a long-range agricultural program. Assesses Truman's relationships with farmers and with politicians and the search for a workable peacetime program, especially as it related to the parity price foundation and price supports"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- The search begins
- The Eightieth Congress tries to "fix the roof"
- Farm policy and the election of 1948
- The Brannan farm plan: agricultural panacea or political football?
- Reaction to the Brannan plan
- The Brannan plan in Congress
- The Brannan plan in 1950.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-261) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8262-6519-7
- OCLC:
- 228143929
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