From Prairie Farmer to Entrepreneur - The Transformation of Midwestern Agriculture

Informationen zum Autor Dennis S. Nordin is author of Rich Harvest: A History of the Grange, 1867-1900. Roy V. Scott, Emeritus Professor of History at Mississippi State University, is author of The Agrarian Movement in Illinois, 1880-1896. Klappentext This is their richly detailed account of one of the great transformations in American life. Zusammenfassung Tells the story of Midwestern agriculture during a period of epochal change in farm technology, farm management, and farm life. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents List of Tables Foreword by John Lee Preface1. The Land and the People at the Turn of the Century 2. A Gold-Plated Age of Midwest Farming, 1900-1920 3. A Defining Era of Adjustment and Reality, 1920-1932 4. Permanent Impacts of Depression and War on Agriculture, 1933-1945 5. Scientific and Technological Advances in Agriculture, 1900-2000 6. Farmers as a Declining Minority, 1945-1970 7. Farmers' Survivals as Entrepreneurs, 1970-2000Notes Bibliography Index

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• Authors: Dennis Nordin, Dennis S. Nordin, Dennis Scott Nordin, Dennis Sven Scott Nordin, Dennis Sven/ Scott Nordin, Nordin Dennis, Roy Scott, Roy V. Scott, Roy Vernon Scott, Scott Roy V
• Assisted by: With a Foreword by John Lee Dennis S Nor (Editor)
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.01.2005
• EAN: 9780253345714
• ISBN: 978-0-253-34571-4
• No. of pages: 376
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 241 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Midwestern History and Culture; Midwestern History and Culture
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Agriculture, horticulture; forestry, fishing, food; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches