The Rise and Fall of United Grain Growers: Cooperatives, Market Regulation, and Free Enterprise

by Paul D Earl

Book Overview

For much of the twentieth century, United Grain Growers was one of the major forces in Canadian agriculture. Founded in 1906, for much of its history UGG worked to give western farmers a "third way" between the competing poles of cooperatives like the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool and the private sector. At its peak, more than 800 UGG elevators dotted the Canadian prairies and the company had become a part of western Canada's cultural psyche. By 2001,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0887558445
• ISBN13: 9780887558443
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: University of Manitoba Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 9.3" x 7.2"