An edition of Creating abundance (2008)

Creating abundance

biological innovation and American agricultural development, 1700-1960

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An edition of Creating abundance (2008)

Creating abundance

biological innovation and American agricultural development, 1700-1960

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Language
English
Pages
467

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Table of Contents

The red queen and the hard reds: productivity growth in American wheat, 1800-1940
Corn: America's crop
Cotton: variety innovation and the making of king cotton
Weevils, worms, and wilts: the red queen's cotton playground
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
Livestock in the farm economy
Defining and redesigning America's livestock
Nature's perfect food: inventing the modern dairy industry
Draft power.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
New York
Other Titles
Biological innovation and American agricultural development, 1700-1960

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
630.973
Library of Congress
S494.5.I5 O46 2008, S494.5.I5O46 2008

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
467

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL16774128M
ISBN 13
9780521857116, 9780521673877
LCCN
2008014226
OCLC/WorldCat
221960531
LibraryThing
6397019
Goodreads
5600908

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL7091339W

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