The Development of American Agriculture: A Historical AnalysisU of Minnesota Press, 1979 - 464 Seiten |
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... production farms in the South and what was involved in developing such farms into viable production units . Concurrently , the nature and sig- nificance of the commercial and technological revolutions that were taking place in food ...
... production farms in the South and what was involved in developing such farms into viable production units . Concurrently , the nature and sig- nificance of the commercial and technological revolutions that were taking place in food ...
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... production activities resulting in inceased output , changes in technological arrangements leading to increased output , changes in social institutions leading to improvements in production and dis- tribution , and changes in the human ...
... production activities resulting in inceased output , changes in technological arrangements leading to increased output , changes in social institutions leading to improvements in production and dis- tribution , and changes in the human ...
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... production of food . The typical settler was a combination hunter - farmer . The food production ways of the old country were tried in the new unfamiliar environment and usu- ally found wanting ; therefore , new ways had to be ...
... production of food . The typical settler was a combination hunter - farmer . The food production ways of the old country were tried in the new unfamiliar environment and usu- ally found wanting ; therefore , new ways had to be ...
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... Production agriculture in the Western world is now entering the last phase of industrialization — the integration of each step in the food production sys- tem .... This is true not only in poultry , pork and cattle ... but also in the ...
... Production agriculture in the Western world is now entering the last phase of industrialization — the integration of each step in the food production sys- tem .... This is true not only in poultry , pork and cattle ... but also in the ...
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The Colonial Period 16071775 | 13 |
Breaking Out of the Atlantic Seaboard 17751820 | 37 |
From Pioneering to Commercialization 18201860 | 57 |
The Last Frontier 18601897 | 78 |
Prosperity and Depression 18971933 | 99 |
The Technological Revolution 19331970 | 122 |
US Agriculture in a World Market 19701990 | 150 |
Environmental Policy | 278 |
The Role of Government | 307 |
The Forces in Review | 335 |
Changes in Structure Organization and Productivity | 352 |
The Watersheds of Development | 371 |
The Demand and Supply Components | 393 |
Government Intervention Cannibalism and the Treadmill | 417 |
Using the Model to Understand the 1970s and 1980s | 437 |
Abundant Land | 173 |
Farm Mechanization and Technological Advance | 189 |
Building Physical Infrastructure Transport and Other Elements | 209 |
Building Social Infrastructure Education and Research | 235 |
International Inputs | 258 |
Some Concluding Thoughs | 457 |
Notes | 473 |
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The Development of American Agriculture: A Historical Analysis Willard Wesley Cochrane Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 1993 |
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