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OverviewIn this history of American agriculture over the last century, Mr. Hurt shows how farm men and women increasingly looked to the federal government-for technical information, regulation of business practices, and intervention in the agricultural economy. He surveys the major policy changes that helped shape farming both as a business and as a way of life. The best history of twentieth-century American agriculture I've ever read. A fine, fine book. -Peter A. Coclanis. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Douglas R. HurtPublisher: Ivan R Dee, Inc Imprint: Ivan R Dee, Inc Dimensions: Width: 13.70cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 20.90cm Weight: 0.245kg ISBN: 9781566634625ISBN 10: 1566634628 Pages: 208 Publication Date: 21 July 2003 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: Out of print, replaced by POD  We will order this item for you from a manufatured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsPart 1 Preface ix Part 2 THE PROGRESSIVE ERA 3 Chapter 3 A regional survey. Age of prosperity. The Country Life movement. Agricultural organizations. Reformers, farmers, and the regulatory state. Agricultural education. Expansion of federal power. World War I. Part 4 THE AGE OF UNCERTAINTY 41 Chapter 5 Postwar decline. Science and technology. The Farm Bloc. The McNary-Haugen plan. The Agricultural Marketing Act. Part 6 THE NEW DEAL 67 Chapter 7 The Agricultural Adjustment Administration. The Commodity Credit Corporation. Dust Bowl. Resettlement and Farm Security. Rural electrification. The farm lobby. Part 8 PROSPERITY AND DECLINE 97 Chapter 9 World War II. Postwar problems. Science and technology. Agribusiness. Agricultural organizations. Part 10 FALLOUT 124 Chapter 11 The policy of dependency. Collapse. Embargo. Agricultural organizations. Science and technology. Part 12 CENTURY'S END 154 Chapter 13 Farm subsidies. Genetically modified crops. Agribusiness. Environmental concerns. A new agricultural policy. Part 14 A Note on Sources 175 Part 15 Index 183ReviewsProblems of Plenty is the best history of twentieth-century American agriculture I've ever read....A fine, fine book.--Peter A. Coclanis By far the best concise account of the American farmer's relation to the federal government in the twentieth century...Extremely valuable. Author InformationDouglas Hurt has written widely about American agriculture, including American Farms, The Dust Bowl, American Farm Tools, and American Agriculture: A Brief History, among many other books. He is professor of history at Iowa State University and director of the graduate program in agricultural history and rural studies. He lives in Ames, Iowa. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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