Author: R. Douglas Hurt
Pages: 412
Cover: Clothbound
Dimensions: 6 1/4" x 9 1/4"
Item #: BK318
Price: $39.95
This history of American agriculture, from prehistoric period to the twentieth century, is written for anyone coming into the subject for the first time. It provides a ready reference of the economic, social, political, scientific, and technological changes that have affected farming in America. Hurt's book not only tells a story of considerable technological achievement, but a story filled with greed, racism, and violence as well. Hurt offers a fascinating retelling of American agricultural history that has been shaped by the best and worst of human nature.