The takeover
Subtitle: chicken farming and the roots of American agribusiness
By: Monica R. Gisolfi
Series: Environmental history and the American South; Environmental history and the American South
Publisher: The University of Georgia Press
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 104
ISBN-13: 9780820335780; 9780820349718
Subjects: Agricultural industries; Poultry industry; Agriculture; History
Other titles: Take over
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 73-100) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: From cotton to chicken, 1914-1939; title: World War II and the command economy, 1939-1945; title: Taking over: integrators and the birth of the modern broiler industry; title: Broiler sharecroppers and hired hands; title: From public nuisance to toxic waste, 1940-1990; title: Epilogue.