The Agricultural Revolution of the 20th Century
Subtitle: Don Paarlberg and Philip Paarlberg
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Iowa State Press
Published: January 15, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 154
ISBN-13: 9780813821986
Subjects: Agriculture & Farming; Agriculture & related industries; American history: from c 1900 -; POLITICS & GOVERNMENT; Agricultural Economics; Government And Agriculture; Technology; Technology & Industrial Arts; Science/Mathematics; USA; Agriculture & Animal Husbandry - General; Agriculture - General; General; Industries - General; United States - 20th Century; Agricultural innovations; Agriculture; Agriculture and state; Technology transfer
Description: "The Agricultural Revolution of the 20th Century documents the development of modern agriculture in a comprehensive and understandable format that reads like a story. The authors provide the context and historical gaps of agricultural development often omitted in traditional texts.".

"This book will be of interest to college students of agriculture and sociology, high school students of vocational agriculture, members of the American Agricultural Economics Association, people who have a long-standing background in agriculture and are nostalgic for the way things were, and other readers interested in agriculture during the 20th century. Photographs complement the text, illustrating changes that have taken place and contrasting past practices with modern technology."--BOOK JACKET.