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- catalog abstract ""During the early decades of the twentieth century, agricultural practice in America was transformed from a pre-industrial activity. In this book Deborah Fitzgerald investigates how and why farmers chose to modernize at that time, a period of serious economic depression in farming. She argues that farms became modernized in the 1920s because they adopted not only new machinery but also the financial, cultural, and ideological apparatus of industrialism."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12750101.
- catalog created "c2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "c2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
- catalog description ""During the early decades of the twentieth century, agricultural practice in America was transformed from a pre-industrial activity. In this book Deborah Fitzgerald investigates how and why farmers chose to modernize at that time, a period of serious economic depression in farming. She argues that farms became modernized in the 1920s because they adopted not only new machinery but also the financial, cultural, and ideological apparatus of industrialism."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-234) and index.".
- catalog extent "xi, 242 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0300088132 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Yale agrarian studies series".
- catalog isPartOf "Yale agrarian studies.".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "c2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New Haven : Yale University Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "338.1/0973 21".
- catalog subject "Agricultural credit United States History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Agriculture Capital investments United States History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Agriculture Economic aspects United States History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Agriculture United States Finance History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Business cycles United States History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Family farms United States History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Farm foreclosures United States History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Farm mechanization Economic aspects United States History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Farm mortgages United States History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Farms, Size of Economic aspects United States History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "HD1761 .F564 2003".
- catalog tableOfContents "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.".
- catalog title "Every farm a factory : the industrial ideal in American agriculture / Deborah Fitzgerald.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".