Industrializing the Corn Belt: Agriculture, Technology, and Environment, 1945–1972
Author:   J. L. Anderson
Publisher:   Cornell University Press
ISBN:  

9780875803920


Pages:   248
Publication Date:   13 November 2008
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   J. L. Anderson
Publisher:   Cornell University Press
Imprint:   Northern Illinois University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.907kg
ISBN:  

9780875803920


ISBN 10:   087580392
Pages:   248
Publication Date:   13 November 2008
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction Part I. Chemicals 1. Insecticide: Time for Action 2. Herbicide versus Weedy the Thief 3. Fertilizer Gives the Land a Kick 4. Feeding Chemicals Part II. Machines 5. Push-button Farming 6. Making Hay the Modern Way 7. From Threshing Machine to Combine 8. From Corn Picker and Crib to Combine and Bin Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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An excellent piece of historical research. There is no other book that deals in depth and breadth with the important subjects considered here. - Allan Bogue, University of Wisconsin


The purpose of Industrializing the Corn Belt is to explain farmers' roles in changing agricultural production, to describe the technology they adopted, and to show how they transformed the rural landscape. J. L. Anderson has fulfilled this purpose and then some, not only explaining, describing, and showing, but placing his readers alongside farmers while they grappled with difficult decisions in rapidly changing times. * EH.Net, Economic History Services *


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J. L. Anderson teaches US history at Mount Royal College, Calgary, Alberta, where he is a member of the Department of Humanities.

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