American agriculture in the twentieth century : how it flourished and what it cost / / Bruce L. Gardner
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| Autore: |
Gardner Bruce L
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| Titolo: |
American agriculture in the twentieth century : how it flourished and what it cost / / Bruce L. Gardner
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| Pubblicazione: | Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, [2006] |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (400 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 338.109730904 |
| Soggetto topico: | 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 | |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | American agriculture in the twentieth century |
| ISBN: | 0-674-26335-9 |
| 0-674-03749-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910807735903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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