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| Title | : | Problems of Plenty: The American Farmer in the Twentieth Century (American Ways Series) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.54 (996 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1566634628 |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 208 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2003-07-21 |
| Genre | : |
Editorial : From Booklist American agriculture in the twentieth century is the story of farmers' dependency on the federal government, Hurt posits in this latest volume in the American Ways series. His book is divided into six segments. The first, on the progressive era, deals with the period between 1900 and the end of World War I in what Hurt calls the age of prosperity, a time in which farmers looked to the government to bring abusive corporate practices under control. The second, called the age of uncertainty, chronicles the postwar era with its new technology and the creation of the American Farm Bureau Federation that pressured Congress for aid. Next came the Roosevelt era and the Depression, which brought about legislation that provided both immediate relief and long-term recovery. The three remaining segments examine post-World War II prosperity and decline; farm policy under President Kennedy; and the era of subsidies and genetically modified crops at the end of the century. A thorough tr
Great scientific and technological advances in the twentieth century enabled American farmers to produce bountiful harvests that ensured an abundant and relatively cheap food supply. But as farmers became more productive, surplus agricultural commodities, such as grain, milk, and cotton, drove prices down. With few exceptions, farmers found it difficult to earn an adequate standard of living. These are the fundamental developments that Douglas Hurt traces in Problems of Plenty, a compact narrative history of American agriculture over the last century. Mr. Hurt shows how farm men and women increasingly looked to the federal governmentfor technical information to help them become more productive and more profitable; for regulation of business practices to guarantee them equitable treatment in the marketplace; for intervention in the agricultural economy to support prices and protect their income. The course of farm policy is a basic theme in Mr. Hurt's book. He surveys the major p
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