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Author:   Jonathan Coppess
Publisher:   University of Nebraska Press
Imprint:   University of Nebraska Press
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9781496225146

ISBN 10:   1496225147
Pages:   356
Publication Date:   01 May 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Part 1. Introduction 1. Of Farming, Conservation, and the Farm Bill: An Introduction 2. Of Congress and the Conservation Question: A Preliminary Discussion Part 2. Dust Bowl Origins 3. Out of Dust, Sharecropping, and the Supreme Court: An Origin’s Backstory 4. Reform amid Ruin: Lessons from the 74th Congress Part 3. The Soil Bank Saga 5. Out of Surplus and Policy Failure: The Rise of the Soil Bank 6. Southern Sabotage: The Swift Demise of the Soil Bank Part 4. The Food Security Act of 1985 7. From Dust to Dust: The Seventies Interlude and Backstory 8. A New Foundation for Conservation Policy: The Food Security Act of 1985 Part 5. Modern Conservation Policy Developments 9. Modern Developments: Farm Bill Conservation Policy after 1985 10. Of Congress and the Conservation Question: A Working Theory and Closing Argument Notes Bibliography Index

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“Between Soil and Society is based on deep research in congressional sources, current discussions of farm policy, and a huge secondary literature on the economics of agriculture, the evolution of farm policy, and the nature of congressional behavior. Jonathan Coppess’s understanding of farm policy since 1990 is especially impressive, and his ability to root this discussion in a larger historical context makes this book a first-rate work of scholarship. This is a major contribution to the literature on farm policy and on congressional behavior and the legislative process.”—David E. Hamilton, author of From New Day to New Deal: American Farm Policy from Hoover to Roosevelt, 1928–1933

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Jonathan Coppess is an associate professor of agricultural policy and law at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He previously served as chief counsel for the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, as well as administrator and deputy administrator for farm programs for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Coppess is the author of The Fault Lines of Farm Policy: A Legislative and Political History of the Farm Bill (Nebraska, 2018).    

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