The International Harvester Company - A History of the Founding Families and Their Machines

Ancient farmers used draft animals for plowing but the heavy work of harvesting fell to the humans, using sickle and scythe. Change came in the mid-19th century when Cyrus Hall McCormick built the mechanical harvester. Though the McCormicks used their wealth to establish art collections and universities, battle disease, and develop birth control, members of the family faced constant scrutiny and scandal. This book recounts their story as well as the history of the International Harvester Company (IHC)--a merger of the McCormick and Deering companies and the world's leader in agricultural machinery in the 1900s.

About the author

Psychiatrist Chaim M. Rosenberg is also an American history researcher and writer. He lives in Chicago, Illinois.

Product details

• Authors: Chaim M. Rosenberg, Rosenberg Chaim M.
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.05.2019
• EAN: 9781476677095
• ISBN: 978-1-4766-7709-5
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 254 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 454 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; USA, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / General, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, TRANSPORTATION / General, HISTORY / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Agribusiness, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Infrastructure, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, United States of America, USA, Agriculture, agribusiness and food production industries, Inventions & inventors, Inventions and inventors, Agriculture & Related Industries, Tractors and farm vehicles: general interest, Tractors & farm vehicles: general interest, Agricultural engineering and machinery, Agricultural Engineering & Machinery, -farming