Agricultural Crisis in America: A Reference Handbook

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Providing a thorough summary of the challenges facing our agricultural industry, this book investigates problems and considers solutions, examining issues relevant to the viability of America's farms. * A wealth of tables, graphs, and other statistical information

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"Agricultural Crisis in America offers a clear, balanced, up to date introduction to complex farm, food, technology, and environmental issues. An excellent starting point for students, researchers, and general readers, this is recommended for public, high school, and college libraries." - Library Journal "Well-suited for general undergraduate and reference collections, as well as comprehensive agriculture and rural sociology collections. All levels." - Choice "In addition to clear and readable historical background information, there is hard-to-find statistical information provided in tables and graphs for easy reading and use. This handbook is recommended for high school, public, and undergraduate academic library collections." - American Reference Books Annual

Author Bio

Dana Hoag is professor of agricultural and resource economics at Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.