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Author Fitzgerald, Deborah Kay

Title Every farm a factory : the industrial ideal in American agriculture / Deborah Fitzgerald
Published New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2003

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 242 pages) : illustrations
Series Yale agrarian studies series
Yale agrarian studies.
Contents Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 The Industrial Ideal in American Agriculture -- 2 By the Numbers: Economics and Management in Agriculture -- 3 Agricultural Engineers and Industrialization -- 4 Farms as Factories: The Emergence of Large-Scale Farming -- 5 The Campbell Farming Corporation -- 6 Collectivization and Industrialization: Learning from the Soviets -- Conclusion: Changing the Landscape -- Appendix -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes -- Index
Summary During the early part of the 20th century farming in America was transformed from a pre-industrial to an industrial activity. This book explores the modernization of the 1920s, which saw farmers adopt not just new technology, but also the financial cultural & ideological apparatus of industrialism
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-234)
Notes English
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Subject Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Family farms -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Agricultural credit -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Farms, Size of -- Economic aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Farm mechanization -- Economic aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Agriculture -- Capital investments -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Farm mortgages -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Business cycles -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Farm foreclosures -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Family farms -- United States -- History -- 19th century
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Agribusiness.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Sustainable Agriculture.
SCIENCE -- General.
Agricultural credit
Agriculture -- Capital investments
Agriculture -- Economic aspects
Business cycles
Family farms
Farm foreclosures
Farm mechanization -- Economic aspects
Farm mortgages
Farms, Size of -- Economic aspects
Landbouw.
Agro-industrie.
United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780300133417
0300133413
0300088132
9780300088137
1281731587
9781281731586
9786611731588
661173158X