| Description |
xii, 467 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 403-452) and index. |
| Contents |
The red queen and the hard reds : productivity growth in American wheat, 1800-1940 -- Corn : America's crop -- Cotton : varietal innovation and the making of king cotton -- Cotton and its enemies -- The other revolution in the cotton economy : cotton's revival in the twentieth century -- That "stincking weede of America" : the evolution of tobacco production -- California : creating a cornucopia -- More crops, more animals : livestock and feeds in the farm economy -- Defining and redesigning America's livestock -- Nature's perfect food : inventing the modern dairy industry -- Draft power -- Tying it together. |
| Subject |
Agricultural innovations -- United States -- History.
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Agricultural biotechnology -- United States -- History.
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Agricultural productivity -- United States -- History.
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| Added Author |
Rhode, Paul Webb.
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| ISBN |
9780521857116 hardback |
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0521857112 hardback |
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9780521673877 paperback |
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0521673879 paperback |
| Standard No. |
40015895925 |
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