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1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 223 pages)
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illustrations
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Online-Ausg. [S.l.] HathiTrust Digital Library Electronic reproduction
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0813125197
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0813173159
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081313868X
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1282937413
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9780813125190
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9780813173153
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9780813138688
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9781282937413
Inhalt:
Agriculture is the most fundamental of all human activities. Today, those who till the soil or tend livestock feed a world population of approximately 6.5 billion. Fifty years ago, the planet could not have sustained such a large population, and according to present projections, farmers will have to feed nine billion people by 2050. The greatest agricultural revolution in history has occurred in the last fifty years, with farmers in the United States leading the way. America's declining number of farms, however, comes as a surprise to many and may have dramatic implications. Paul K. Conkin's
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Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. American Agriculture before 1930; Commercial Origins; Tilling and Preparing the Soil; Tools for Planting and Cultivating; Tools of Harvest; The Tractor; Research, Education, and Extension; Credit and Marketing; 2. The Traditional Family Farm: A Personal Account; Profile of a Farming Village; Home Provenance; Household Patterns; 3. A New Deal for Agriculture, 1930-1938; First Fruits: Hoover's Farm Board; Maturing a New Farm Program; The Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-213) and index
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Electronic reproduction
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
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ISBN 9780813125190
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ISBN 0813125197
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ISBN 9780813192420
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Conkin, Paul Keith Revolution down on the farm Lexington, Ky : University Press of Kentucky, ©2008
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Englisch
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