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A book for a varied audience: college students of agriculture and sociology; high school students of vocation agriculture; members of the American Agricultural Economics Association; people with a long-standing background in agriculture; and other readers interested in 20th century agriculture. The book reads like a story and is supplemented with excellent photographs, contrasting past practices with modern technology.
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Documents the development of modern agriculture in a narrative format, providing the context and historical gaps of agricultural development often omitted in traditional texts. Includes b&w historical and modern photos of equipment and field techniques, contrasting past practices with modern technology. Of interest to college students of agriculture and sociology, high school students of vocational agriculture, and those with an interest the ways things were. Don Paarlberg taught agricultural economics at Purdue University. Philip Paarlberg teaches agricultural economics at Purdue. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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