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This book examines what is happening to American agriculture, and why. The author uses portfolio theory to analyze both macro- and microeconomic data that paints a clear picture of the trends in agriculture, and explains why these trends are consistent with market evolution and global economic development. He clarifies agriculture's specific role in economic development with a focus on the current and future globalizing commodity markets. The book...
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Explains the causes of the "Granger movement", explains the organizations by which the farmers proposed to improve their working conditions, explains the political aspects of the movement, and the farmers' attempts to become independent of the middlemen and manufacturers by the establishment of cooperative enterprises, and then shows the influence of the "Granger movement" on social and economic conditions.
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"Although well recognized as a major personality and influence in the New Deal era, Henry A. Wallace has up to now been neglected by the historians of that period. The Schapsmeier brothers have filled that gap with this thorough examination of the origins and development of the Wallace political philosophy. By tracing and analyzing Wallace's evolving thought in the context of contemporary events, they depict his genius in the varied roles of scientist,...
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Bruce Field here explores the people and events of a little-studied episode in American history by describing how the leadership of the Farmers Union split over the Korean War. When the organization was faced with accusations of being communist sympathizers NFU national president Jim Patton chose to support the war while a splinter group led by Iowa Farmers Union president Fred Stover continued to protest American involvement.
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"Willard W. Cochrane looks at two periods in agricultural history: 1953-66 and 1977-2002. Structurally, technologically, and organizationally the two periods are as different as night and day, but in terms of the big economic picture - too much production pressing on a limited commercial demand with resulting low farm prices and incomes - they are mirror images of each other. With this understanding, Cochrane argues that Americans no longer need to...
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