TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gardner,Bruce L.
TI  - American agriculture in the twentieth century: how it flourished and what it cost 
SN  - 0674007484 (alk. paper)
AV  - HD 1761 .G2447 2002
PY  - 2002///
CY  - Cambridge, Mass.
PB  - Harvard University Press
KW  - Agriculture
KW  - Economic aspects
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Statistics
KW  - Costs
KW  - Family farms
KW  - Farm income
KW  - Agricultural credit
KW  - Agricultural productivity
KW  - Agricultural subsidies
KW  - Agriculture and state
KW  - Agricultural laws and legislation
KW  - Agricultura y estado
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-378) and index; Introduction -- Technology -- Farms -- Farm communities -- Markets -- Government I : public investment and regulation -- Government II : commodity and trade policy -- Explanations -- Regions and states -- Counties -- Findings and policy implications
N2  - "Gardner documents both the economic difficulties that have confronted farmers and the technological and economic transformations that have lifted them from relative poverty to economic parity with the nonfarm population. He provides a detailed analysis of the causes behind these trends, with emphasis on the role of government action"--jacket
ER  -