Agriculture During The Great Depression

Author : Gérard Béaur,Francesco Chiapparino
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2022-12-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000640571

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Agriculture and the Great Depression by Gérard Béaur,Francesco Chiapparino Pdf

What role did the agricultural sector play in the economic crash of 1929? Taking evidence from country cases across Europe and the Americas, this edited volume explores short-, medium- and long- term perspectives on the primary sector. The monograph brings together the voices of an international panel of contributors who examine issues such as falling prices, industrial production, unemployment and the stagnation of aggregate demand. Together, they frame the interwar period as a pivotal turning point in the decline of subsistence agriculture and the growth of agricultural subsidies, which remain a key policy tool in many economies today. This illuminating book will be of interest to advanced students and researchers in economic history, agricultural history, globalization and economic development.

Author : Melvyn Dubofsky,Stephen Burwood
Publisher : Articles-Garlan
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105038635137

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Agriculture During the Great Depression by Melvyn Dubofsky,Stephen Burwood Pdf

Author : Dwight W. Hoover
Publisher : Ivan R. Dee Publisher
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015076180044

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A Good Day's Work by Dwight W. Hoover Pdf

Dwight Hoover, who grew up on an Iowa farm, recalls the events of day-to-day life in this era, offering detailed descriptions of daily work in each of the year's four seasons. A fascinating if grim reminder of what it was like to be a child with adult responsibilities, Mr. Hoover's unusual memoir recalls the rough edges as well as the happy moments of rural life.

Author : Richard Perren
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1995-09-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521557682

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Agriculture in Depression 1870-1940 by Richard Perren Pdf

A concise 1995 study which shows how British agriculture was affected by, and reacted to, international competition after 1870.

Author : Thomas H. Johnson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2019-08-06
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781000682281

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Agricultural Depression in the 1920's by Thomas H. Johnson Pdf

First published in 1985. This study explores the agricultural depression in the United States of America in the 1920’s. The author examines overproduction, wartime optimism and the farm crisis, and continuity and change in agriculture during this period. This title will be of great interest to students of history, agriculture, and economics.

Author : Paul Brassley,Yves Segers,Leen van Molle
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780415522168

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War, Agriculture, and Food by Paul Brassley,Yves Segers,Leen van Molle Pdf

This volume of essays examines one of the crucial periods in the evolution of the European rural economy and society, assessing the effects of the Second World War on the European countryside, and the impact of food and agricultural problems on the outcome of the war.

Author : Janet Poppendieck
Publisher : University of California Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2014-04-26
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9780520277540

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Breadlines Knee-Deep in Wheat by Janet Poppendieck Pdf

At no time during the Great Depression was the contradiction between agriculture surplus and widespread hunger more wrenchingly graphic than in the government's attempt to raise pork prices through the mass slaughter of miliions of "unripe" little pigs. This contradiction was widely perceived as a "paradox." In fact, as Janet Poppendieck makes clear in this newly expanded and updated volume, it was a normal, predictable working of an economic system rendered extreme by the Depression. The notion of paradox, however, captured the imagination of the public and policy makers, and it was to this definition of the problem that surplus commodities distribution programs in the Hoover and Roosevelt administrations were addressed. This book explains in readable narrative how the New Deal food assistance effort, originally conceived as a relief measure for poor people, became a program designed to raise the incomes of commercial farmers. In a broader sense, the book explains how the New Deal years were formative for food assistance in subsequent administrations; it also examines the performance--or lack of performance--of subsequent in-kind relief programs. Beginning with a brief survey of the history of the American farmer before the depression and the impact of the Depression on farmers, the author describes the development of Hoover assistance programs and the events at the end of that administration that shaped the "historical moment" seized by the early New Deal. Poppendieck goes on to analyze the food assistance policies and programs of the Roosevelt years, the particular series of events that culminated in the decision to purchase surplus agriculture products and distribute them to the poor, the institutionalization of this approach, the resutls achieved, and the interest groups formed. The book also looks at the takeover of food assistance by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and its gradual adaptation for use as a tool in the maintenance of farm income. Utliizing a wide variety of official and unofficial sources, the author reveals with unusual clarity the evolution from a policy directly responsive to the poor to a policy serving mainly democratic needs.

Author : Gérard Béaur,Francesco Chiapparino
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2022-12-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000640601

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Agriculture and the Great Depression by Gérard Béaur,Francesco Chiapparino Pdf

What role did the agricultural sector play in the economic crash of 1929? Taking evidence from country cases across Europe and the Americas, this edited volume explores short-, medium- and long- term perspectives on the primary sector. The monograph brings together the voices of an international panel of contributors who examine issues such as falling prices, industrial production, unemployment and the stagnation of aggregate demand. Together, they frame the interwar period as a pivotal turning point in the decline of subsistence agriculture and the growth of agricultural subsidies, which remain a key policy tool in many economies today. This illuminating book will be of interest to advanced students and researchers in economic history, agricultural history, globalization and economic development.

Author : Doug Hoverson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0816652732

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Land of Amber Waters by Doug Hoverson Pdf

A visual history of MInnesota beers and breweries traces the evolution of the state's beer industry, from the 1849 construction of the first brewery to the growth of small-town enterprises that gave way to large companies of regional and national prominence, offering a comprehensive list of Minnesota breweries as well as more than three hundred illustrations of beer and breweriana.

Author : Janet Poppendieck
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105040260429

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Breadlines Knee Deep in Wheat by Janet Poppendieck Pdf

Library Journal: This book provides historical perspective on two of today's important public issues: farm income and hunger. It analyzes the origins of a national food assistance policy during the Thirties, when an attempt to solve the seeming paradox of simultaneous hunger and food surplus drove much of the public debate. Poppendieck demonstrates that food programs came to be seen by an organized farm lobby as a way of alleviating huge farm commodity surpluses. Unraveling the interrelated and complex agricultural and assistance policies, particularly for those unfamiliar with the terminology and bureaucracy, requires a good deal of skill. Poppendieck largely succeeds. The story she tells of good intentions gone bad, however, does not offer much hope for policy solutions to current farm and hunger problems.

Author : Keith Joseph Volanto
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1585444022

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Texas, Cotton, And The New Deal by Keith Joseph Volanto Pdf

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Author : D. Jerome Tweton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015014172889

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Depression by D. Jerome Tweton Pdf

Author : Caroline Henderson
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2012-10-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9780806187945

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Letters from the Dust Bowl by Caroline Henderson Pdf

In May 1936 Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace wrote to Caroline Henderson to praise her contributions to American "understanding of some of our farm problems." His comments reflected the national attention aroused by Henderson’s articles, which had been published in Atlantic Monthly since 1931. Even today, Henderson’s articles are frequently cited for her vivid descriptions of the dust storms that ravaged the Plains. Caroline Henderson was a Mount Holyoke graduate who moved to Oklahoma’s panhandle to homestead and teach in 1907. This collection of Henderson’s letters and articles published from 1908 to1966 presents an intimate portrait of a woman’s life in the Great Plains. Her writing mirrors her love of the land and the literature that sustained her as she struggled for survival. Alvin O. Turner has collected and edited Henderson’s published materials together with her private correspondence. Accompanying biographical sketch, chapter introductions, and annotations provide details on Henderson’s life and context for her frequent literary allusions and comments on contemporary issues.

Author : Robert O. Paxton
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Fascism
ISBN : 9780195111897

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French Peasant Fascism by Robert O. Paxton Pdf

In 1920s France the far-right peasantry wanted an authoritarian and agrarian society. This study examines their singular lack of success and the enduring French perception of themselves as a peasant nation.

Author : Quentin F Veit
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2020-05-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798643908814

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The Bumpy Road by Quentin F Veit Pdf

Step back in time to the tiny farm community of Osage Bend, Missouri, circa 1930-1945... Part memoir, part how-to manual, The Bumpy Road paints a vivid picture of life on the farm during the Great Depression. The author, recounting stories from his boyhood, brings to life the everyday trials and tribulations of his family and neighbors as they struggle to survive under daunting economic conditions. The hard work they put in was a given (to them), and their solutions to everyday problems were ingenious by necessity. And yet, they still found time to socialize and make the church the center of their lives. These tenacious people always looked to the future with hope and determination, and that comes shining through in this book. Depression-era, yes, depressing, no! So, discover the many facets of running a farm, how chores were done, the importance of family, and the many things that tied the community together. Marvel at the strength and resourcefulness of these rural Missourians-and take some of that for yourself as we endure our own difficult times today. Bonus: Includes photos and illustrations of farm tools, implements, and household items from the era, many of which you can now only find in museums.