An opportunity lost
Subtitle: the Truman administration and the farm policy debate
By: Virgil W. Dean.
Publisher: University of Missouri Press; University of Missouri
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Columbia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 275
ISBN-13: 9780826216502
Subjects: Agriculture and state -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Description: "Examines Charles Brannan's agricultural plan, the farm policy debate, and Harry S. Truman's quest for a long-range agricultural program. Assesses Truman's relationships with farmers and with politicians and the search for a workable peacetime program, especially as it related to the parity price foundation and price supports"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The search begins; title: The Eightieth Congress tries to "fix the roof"; title: Farm policy and the election of 1948; title: The Brannan farm plan: agricultural panacea or political football?; title: Reaction to the Brannan plan; title: The Brannan plan in Congress; title: The Brannan plan in 1950.