Author: United States. Bureau of Agricultural Economics
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Published: 1947
Total Pages: 476
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Michael Johnston Grant
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Published: 2002-01-01
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780803271050
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Focusing on the Great Plains states of Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota between 1929 and 1945, Down and Out on the Family Farm examines small familyøfarmers and the Rural Rehabilitation Program designed to help them. Historian Michael Johnston Grant reveals the tension between economic forces that favored large-scale agriculture and political pressure that championed family farms, and the results of that clash. ø The Great Depression and the drought of the 1930s lay bare the long-term economic instability of the rural Plains. The New Deal introduced the Rural Rehabilitation Program to assist lower- to middle-income farmers throughout the country. This program combined low-interest loans with managerial advice. However, these efforts were not enough to compete with the growing scale of agriculture or to counter the recurring drought of the era. Regional conservatism, environmental factors, and fiscal constraints limited the federal aid offered to thousands of families. ø Grant provides extensive primary source research from government documents, as well as letters, newspaper editorials, and case studies that focus on individual lives and fortunes. He examines who these families were and what their farms looked like, and he sheds light on the health problems and other personal concerns that interfered with the economic viability of many farms. The result is a provocative study that gives a human face to the hardships and triumphs of modern agriculture.
Author: United States. Congress. Economic Report Joint Committee
Publisher:
Published: 1955
Total Pages: 782
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States. Congress. Joint Committee on the Economic Report. Subcommittee on Low-Income Families
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Published: 1955
Total Pages: 774
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Berta Asch
Publisher: Da Capo Press, Incorporated
Published: 1971-09-21
Total Pages: 280
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States. Congress. Joint Committee ...
Publisher:
Published: 1955
Total Pages: 2236
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States. Farm Security Administration
Publisher:
Published: 1941
Total Pages: 284
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Joseph W. Eaton
Publisher: New York : Harper
Published: 1943
Total Pages: 290
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations
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Published: 1942
Total Pages: 1210
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