Wars and the Great Depression -- Get Big or Get Out -- The Future: What Kind of Agriculture Do You Want? …"Written from the perspective of ordinary people, this book traces the history of agriculture in the United States from … early colonists until today. The first concise history of American agriculture in 25 years, the author focuses attention on …

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 The Industrial Ideal in American Agriculture -- 2 By the … Numbers: Economics and Management in Agriculture -- 3 Agricultural Engineers and Industrialization -- 4 Farms as Factories …