From Prairie Farmer to Entrepreneur: The Transformation of Midwestern Agriculture

by Roy V. Scott and Dennis Sven Nordin

Book Overview

"Anyone who wants a thorough understanding of the history of the region must read this book." --R. Douglas Hurt, author of Problems of Plenty: The American
Farmer in the Twentieth Century

This meticulously researched book tells the story of Midwestern agriculture during a period of epochal change in farm technology, farm management, and farm life. The hard work, tight communities, and values that had characterized the family farm were...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253345715
• ISBN13: 9780253345714
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.7"