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Agricultural Thought in the Twentieth Century

George S. McGovern

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from the front jacket... photo attached. Original price was $7.50 in 1967 5 years before McGovern ran for President.

Changes so vast that Senator McGovern can call them a "revolution" have reshaped American agriculture during the course of the 20th century. A smaller and smaller percentage of our population is earning its living by the soil -- 38 percent in 1900, less than 8 percent in 1965 -- yet our technological advances have brought about a productivity that allows Americans to be better fed, while devoting a smaller part of their income to food, than any other people in the history of mankind.

Why, then, in the face of this unparalleled abundance is the "farm problem": still one of the most frustrating and persistent questions to plague our economy? How are we to regard the paradoxes with which it presents us - not the least of which is our "problem" of surpluses" at a time when half of the world is hungry?

In light of these questions, it is not at all surprising that American agriculture has been examined, evaluated, analyzed and debated as such length in our century. The documents Sen McGovern have assembled reflect the range of thought that has been trained on the farm problem and the policies with which, over the course of six decades, the gov't has attempted to deal with it. What the problem is, and how it is to be solved, varies depending on who is looking at it, and when, therefore the range of documents on this subjects is wide: addresses of American Presidents & Sec. of Agric. ; reports of congressional hearings and presidential commissions; statements from authorities in the fields of agriculture, economy and conservation; speeches by leaders of the organizations by which farmers have tried to help themselves.

Sen. McGovern's knowledgeable introduction and head notes, supplemented by a bibliography and a chronology, provide the reader with further background focus, helping make the writings he has collected an illuminating record of our attempt come to terms with our own plenty.

...A volume in the American Heritage Series.

Language: English

Pages: 570

Format: Hardcover

Release: January 01, 1967

Agricultural Thought in the Twentieth Century

George S. McGovern

0/5 ( ratings)

from the front jacket... photo attached. Original price was $7.50 in 1967 5 years before McGovern ran for President.

Changes so vast that Senator McGovern can call them a "revolution" have reshaped American agriculture during the course of the 20th century. A smaller and smaller percentage of our population is earning its living by the soil -- 38 percent in 1900, less than 8 percent in 1965 -- yet our technological advances have brought about a productivity that allows Americans to be better fed, while devoting a smaller part of their income to food, than any other people in the history of mankind.

Why, then, in the face of this unparalleled abundance is the "farm problem": still one of the most frustrating and persistent questions to plague our economy? How are we to regard the paradoxes with which it presents us - not the least of which is our "problem" of surpluses" at a time when half of the world is hungry?

In light of these questions, it is not at all surprising that American agriculture has been examined, evaluated, analyzed and debated as such length in our century. The documents Sen McGovern have assembled reflect the range of thought that has been trained on the farm problem and the policies with which, over the course of six decades, the gov't has attempted to deal with it. What the problem is, and how it is to be solved, varies depending on who is looking at it, and when, therefore the range of documents on this subjects is wide: addresses of American Presidents & Sec. of Agric. ; reports of congressional hearings and presidential commissions; statements from authorities in the fields of agriculture, economy and conservation; speeches by leaders of the organizations by which farmers have tried to help themselves.

Sen. McGovern's knowledgeable introduction and head notes, supplemented by a bibliography and a chronology, provide the reader with further background focus, helping make the writings he has collected an illuminating record of our attempt come to terms with our own plenty.

...A volume in the American Heritage Series.

Language: English

Pages: 570

Format: Hardcover

Release: January 01, 1967

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