Concentrating on the ideological underpinnings of American agriculture, Beeman and Prichard illuminate the 20th-century debate over defining and implementing suitable agricultural practices and policies. Against the backdrop of the Great Depression and World War II, farmers, environmentalists, federal officials, and academics found agriculture influenced by a growing ecological movement. Techniques purporting a better urban-rural balance, soil conservation, and organic fertilization were favored by individuals seeking an alternative to the economic and social despair experienced by Americans during the 1930s and 1940s. The agricultural establishment troika of agribusiness, land-grant universities, and the United States Department of Agricul...
Although Ikerd’s philosophy is quite perceptive in its instincts, one could enumerate many internal ...
Geoff Cunfer has written an important book about the interaction between humans and nature in the Gr...
Review of: The Fruited Plain: The Story of American Agriculture. Ebeling, Walter
Review of: A Green and Permanent Land: Ecology and Agriculture in the Twentieth Century. Beeman, Ran...
This is an intellectual history that traces the influence of ecological thought on the theory, pract...
Population, environment, and energy are used as three significant determinants of agricultural syste...
This perceptive, richly illustrated yet compact book is a real jewel. Its span is broad, briefly rea...
Why should you care about agriculture? Planting the Future provides an eloquent description of the c...
Albrecht and Murdock provide a thorough examination and discussion of the changing structure of Amer...
Review of: American Agriculture in the Twentieth Century: How It Flourished and What It Cost. Gardne...
Review of: The Sociology of U.S. Agriculture: An Ecological Perspective. Albrecht, Don E. and Murdoc...
Fighting for the Family Farm brings together the contributions of scholars from several disciplines ...
The editors of Sustainable Agriculture in Temperate Zones have succeeded in compiling the diverse ra...
This book makes a significant contribution to the literature on the sustainable agriculture movement...
Review of: The Development of American Agriculture: A Historical Analysis. Cochrane, Willard W
Although Ikerd’s philosophy is quite perceptive in its instincts, one could enumerate many internal ...
Geoff Cunfer has written an important book about the interaction between humans and nature in the Gr...
Review of: The Fruited Plain: The Story of American Agriculture. Ebeling, Walter
Review of: A Green and Permanent Land: Ecology and Agriculture in the Twentieth Century. Beeman, Ran...
This is an intellectual history that traces the influence of ecological thought on the theory, pract...
Population, environment, and energy are used as three significant determinants of agricultural syste...
This perceptive, richly illustrated yet compact book is a real jewel. Its span is broad, briefly rea...
Why should you care about agriculture? Planting the Future provides an eloquent description of the c...
Albrecht and Murdock provide a thorough examination and discussion of the changing structure of Amer...
Review of: American Agriculture in the Twentieth Century: How It Flourished and What It Cost. Gardne...
Review of: The Sociology of U.S. Agriculture: An Ecological Perspective. Albrecht, Don E. and Murdoc...
Fighting for the Family Farm brings together the contributions of scholars from several disciplines ...
The editors of Sustainable Agriculture in Temperate Zones have succeeded in compiling the diverse ra...
This book makes a significant contribution to the literature on the sustainable agriculture movement...
Review of: The Development of American Agriculture: A Historical Analysis. Cochrane, Willard W
Although Ikerd’s philosophy is quite perceptive in its instincts, one could enumerate many internal ...
Geoff Cunfer has written an important book about the interaction between humans and nature in the Gr...
Review of: The Fruited Plain: The Story of American Agriculture. Ebeling, Walter