Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 500 pages)
,
illustrations, maps
Edition:
2nd ed
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
0816622833
,
0816622825
,
0816685223
,
9780816622832
,
9780816622825
,
9780816685226
Content:
The classic historical study of American agricultural economic development, thoroughly revised and updated
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 473-484) and index
,
1. [pt]. 1. Introduction -- 1. Introduction and overview -- [pt]. 2 Agricultural development : a chronological history -- 2. The colonial period : 1607-1775 -- 3. Breaking out of the Atlantic seaboard : 1775-1820 -- 4. From pioneering to commercialization : 1820-1860 -- 5. The last frontier : 1860-1897 -- 6. Prosperity and depression : 1897-1993 -- 7. The technical revolution : 1933-1970 -- 8. U.S. agriculture in a world market : 1970-1990 -- [pt]. 3. The forces of development and structural change -- 9. Abundant land -- 10. Farm mechanization and technological advance -- 11. Building physical infrastructure : transport and other elements -- 12. Building social infrastructure : education and research -- 13. International inputs -- 14. Environmental policy -- 15. The role of government -- 16. The forces in review -- 17. Changes in structure, organization, and productivity -- 18. The watersheds of development -- [pt 4]. A conceptual model of agricultural development : 1950-1990 -- 19. The demand and supply components -- 20. Governmental intervention, cannibalism, and the treadmill -- 21. Using the model to understand the 1970s and 1980s -- [pt]. 5. Summation -- 22. Some concluding thoughts.
,
English
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Cochrane, Willard Wesley, 1914- Development of American agriculture Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©1993
Language:
English
URL:
Volltext
(lizenzpflichtig)
