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Record Nr.

UNINA9910953392303321

Autore

Gardner Bruce L

Titolo

American agriculture in the twentieth century : how it flourished and what it cost / / Bruce L. Gardner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, [2006]

ISBN

9780674263352

0674263359

9780674037496

0674037499

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (400 p.)

Disciplina

338.109730904

Soggetti

Agriculture - Economic aspects - United States - History - 20th century

Agriculture - Economic aspects - United States

Agriculture - United States - Costs

Family farms - United States

Farm income - United States

Agricultural credit

Agricultural productivity

Agricultural subsidies - United States

Agriculture and state - United States

Agricultural laws and legislation - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: 2002.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-378) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Technology -- 3. Farms -- 4. Farm Communities -- 5. Markets -- 6. Government I: Public Investment and Regulation -- 7. Government II: Commodity and Trade Policy -- 8. Explanations -- 9. Regions and States -- 10. Counties -- 11. Findings and Policy Implications -- References -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Looking at U.S. farming over the past century, Gardner searches out explanations for both the remarkable progress and the persistent social problems that have marked the history of American agriculture.