Dennis S. Nordin is author of Rich Harvest: A History of the Grange, 1867–1900. Roy V. Scott, Emeritus Professor of History at Mississippi State University, is author of The Agrarian Movement in Illinois, 1880–1896.

• ContentsList of TablesForeword by John LeePreface1. The Land and the People at the Turn of the Century2. A Gold-Plated Age of Midwest Farming, 1900–19203. A Defining Era of Adjustment and Reality, 1920–19324. Permanent Impacts of Depression and War on Agriculture, 1933–19455. Scientific and Technological Advances in Agriculture, 1900–20006. Farmers as a Declining Minority, 1945–19707. Farmers' Survivals as Entrepreneurs, 1970–2000NotesBibliographyIndex

"Anyone who wants a thorough understanding of the history of the region must read this book." --R. Douglas Hurt, author of Problems of Plenty: The American Farmer in the Twentieth Century

Dennis S. Nordin is author of Rich Harvest: A History of the Grange, 1867–1900. Roy V. Scott, Emeritus Professor of History at Mississippi State University, is author of The Agrarian Movement in Illinois, 1880–1896.

• ContentsList of TablesForeword by John LeePreface1. The Land and the People at the Turn of the Century2. A Gold-Plated Age of Midwest Farming, 1900–19203. A Defining Era of Adjustment and Reality, 1920–19324. Permanent Impacts of Depression and War on Agriculture, 1933–19455. Scientific and Technological Advances in Agriculture, 1900–20006. Farmers as a Declining Minority, 1945–19707. Farmers' Survivals as Entrepreneurs, 1970–2000NotesBibliographyIndex

"Anyone who wants a thorough understanding of the history of the region must read this book." --R. Douglas Hurt, author of Problems of Plenty: The American Farmer in the Twentieth Century

Dennis S. Nordin is author of Rich Harvest: A History of the Grange, 1867–1900. Roy V. Scott, Emeritus Professor of History at Mississippi State University, is author of The Agrarian Movement in Illinois, 1880–1896.

• ContentsList of TablesForeword by John LeePreface1. The Land and the People at the Turn of the Century2. A Gold-Plated Age of Midwest Farming, 1900–19203. A Defining Era of Adjustment and Reality, 1920–19324. Permanent Impacts of Depression and War on Agriculture, 1933–19455. Scientific and Technological Advances in Agriculture, 1900–20006. Farmers as a Declining Minority, 1945–19707. Farmers' Survivals as Entrepreneurs, 1970–2000NotesBibliographyIndex

"Anyone who wants a thorough understanding of the history of the region must read this book." --R. Douglas Hurt, author of Problems of Plenty: The American Farmer in the Twentieth Century