AMERICAN AGRICULTURE IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY by Bruce L. Gardner ( 9780674019898 )

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Title:

AMERICAN AGRICULTURE IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
HOW IT FLOURISHED AND WHAT IT COST

By:

Bruce L. Gardner

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Paperback

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067401989X

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9780674019898

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Publisher:

HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

1 March, 2006

Pages:

400

Description:

American agriculture in the 20th Century gave the world one of its great success stories. Yet, the story has its dark side, the plight of the Okies in the 1930s, the farm crisis of the 1980s, low crop prices and the impact of biotechnology. This book searches out explanations for both the remarkable progress and the persistent social problems.

Synopsis:

American agriculture in the 20th Century gave 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 today's 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.

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81 line illustrations, 32 tables

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Harvard University Press

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