Preserving the Family Farm: Women, Community, and the Foundations of Agribusiness in the Midwest, 1900-1940
(Part of the Revisiting Rural America Series)
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Between 1900 and 1940 American family farming gave way to what came to be called agribusiness. Government policies, consumer goods aimed at rural markets, and the increasing consolidation of agricultural industries all combined to bring about changes in farming strategies that had been in use since the frontier era. Because the Midwestern farm economy played an important part in the relations of family and community, new approaches to farm production...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:080186061X
ISBN13:9780801860614
Release Date:December 1998
Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
Length:368 Pages
Weight:1.05 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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