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Autore |
Winders William <1971-> |
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Titolo |
The politics of food supply [[electronic resource] ] : U.S. agricultural policy in the world economy / / Bill Winders ; foreword by James C. Scott |
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New Haven [Conn.], : Yale University Press, c2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-08970-6 |
9786612089701 |
1-282-35323-3 |
9786612353239 |
0-300-15623-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (299 p.) |
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Collana |
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Yale agrarian studies series |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Food supply - Political aspects - United States |
Agriculture and state - United States |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-263) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction: agriculture between state and market -- The early battles lost: reaching for regulation, 1920-1932 -- Winning supply management: a new deal for agriculture, 1933-1945 -- Shifting agricultural coalitions: sliding back toward the free market, 1945-1975 -- The decline of the South: changing power within U.S. agriculture, 1945-1975 -- Agriculture and the changing world economy: the U.S. food regime, 1945-1990 -- The 1996 FAIR Act: changing U.S. agricultural policy -- Epilogue. After FAIR : a new departure? |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book deals with an important and timely issue: the political and economic forces that have shaped agricultural policies in the United States during the past eighty years. It explores the complex interactions of class, market, and state as they have affected the formulation and application of agricultural policy decisions since the New Deal, showing how divisions and coalitions within Southern, Corn Belt, and Wheat Belt agriculture were central to the ebb and flow of price supports and production controls. In addition, the book highlights the roles played by the world economy, the civil rights movement, and existing national |
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