Industrializing the Corn Belt: Agriculture, Technology, and Environment, 1945-1972

by J.L. Anderson

Book Overview

From the late 1940s to the early 1970s, farmers in the Corn Belt transformed their region into a new, industrial powerhouse of large-scale production, mechanization, specialization, and efficiency. Many farm experts and implement manufacturers had urged farmers in this direction for decades, but it was the persistent labor shortage and cost-price squeeze following WWII that prompted farmers to pave the way to industrializing agriculture...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0875807410
• ISBN13: 9780875807416
• Release Date: February 2016
• Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher