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Record Nr.

UNINA9910796423203321

Autore

Lauck Jon <1971->

Titolo

American agriculture and the problem of monopoly : the political economy of grain belt farming, 1953-1980 / / Jon Lauck

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lincoln, Nebraska : , : University of Nebraska Press, , 2000

©2000

ISBN

0-8032-9526-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (192 p.)

Disciplina

338.1/0977/09045

Soggetti

Agriculture - Economic aspects - Middle West - History - 20th century

Agriculture and state - Middle West - History - 20th century

Agricultural industries - Mergers - Middle West - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Tables; Preface; 1 The Problem; 2 The Corporate Farming Debate; 3 The Political Economy of Meatpacking and Grain Processing; 4 The Grain-Trading "Cartel"; 5 The NFO and Farm Bargaining; 6 Farmer Cooperative Marketing; 7 The State and Agricultural Organization; Conclusion; Epilogue: Toward an Agrarian Antitrust; Notes; Index; Back Cover