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PublisherUniversity of Nebraska Press

ISBN-100803271050

ISBN-139780803271050

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Book TitleDown and Out on the Family Farm : Rural Rehabilitation in the Great Plains, 1929-1945

Number of Pages233 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2002

TopicEconomic Conditions, General, Agriculture / General, United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, Il, in, Ks, Mi, MN, Mo, Nd, Ne, Oh, Sd, Wi), United States / General, Sociology / Rural

IllustratorYes

GenreTechnology & Engineering, Social Science, Business & Economics, History

AuthorMichael Johnston Grant

Book SeriesOur Sustainable Future Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight12 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2002-022850

Reviews"Grant has prepared a scholarly and thorough analysis of the Rsettlemnet Administration and its successor, the Farm Security Adminstration. His work provides significant ingishts into New Deal farm policy."-Lynwood Oyos,South DakotaHistory, "Grant has prepared a scholarly and thorough analysis of the Rsettlemnet Administration and its successor, the Farm Security Adminstration. His work provides significant ingishts into New Deal farm policy."-Lynwood Oyos, South Dakota History, ""This book provides an excellent assessment. . . . Meticulously researched.""-- Choice ""Thorough, well-researched, and careful in its conclusions.""-- Nebraska Life ""Grant has prepared a scholarly and thorough analysis of the Rsettlemnet Administration and its successor, the Farm Security Adminstration. His work provides significant ingishts into New Deal farm policy.""--Lynwood Oyos, South Dakota History, "Grant has prepared a scholarly and thorough analysis of the Rsettlemnet Administration and its successor, the Farm Security Adminstration. His work provides significant ingishts into New Deal farm policy."- Lynwood Oyos , South Dakota History

Dewey Edition21

Dewey Decimal38.1/878/09043

Table Of ContentList of Illustrations; AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Borderline Farmers2. Farm Tenancy in the Great Plains3. The Development of Rural Rehabilitation4. "Rehabbers" in the Great Plains5. Farming in Place6. Politics, War, and the Downfall of the fsaConclusion; Notes; Sources; Index

SynopsisFocusing on the Great Plains states of Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota between 1929 and 1945, Down and Out on the Family Farm examines small family farmers and the Rural Rehabilitation Program designed to help them. Historian Michael Johnston Grant reveals the tension between economic forces that favored large-scale agriculture and political pressure that championed family farms, and the results of that clash. The Great Depression and the drought of the 1930s lay bare the long-term economic instability of the rural Plains. The New Deal introduced the Rural Rehabilitation Program to assist lower- to middle-income farmers throughout the country. This program combined low-interest loans with managerial advice. However, these efforts were not enough to compete with the growing scale of agriculture or to counter the recurring drought of the era. Regional conservatism, environmental factors, and fiscal constraints limited the federal aid offered to thousands of families. Grant provides extensive primary source research from government documents, as well as letters, newspaper editorials, and case studies that focus on individual lives and fortunes. He examines who these families were and what their farms looked like, and he sheds light on the health problems and other personal concerns that interfered with the economic viability of many farms. The result is a provocative study that gives a human face to the hardships and triumphs of modern agriculture., Focusing on the Great Plains states of Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota between 1929 and 1945, Down and Out on the Family Farm examines small family farmers and the Rural Rehabilitation Program designed to help them. Historian Michael Johnston Grant reveals the tension between economic forces that favored large-scale agriculture and political pressure that championed family farms, and the results of that clash. The Great Depression and the drought of the 1930s lay bare the long-term economic instability of the rural Plains. The New Deal introduced the Rural Rehabilitation Program to assist lower- to middle-income farmers throughout the country. This program combined low-interest loans with managerial advice. However, these efforts were not enough to compete with the growing scale of agriculture or to counter the recurring drought of the era. Regional conservatism, environmental factors, and fiscal constraints limited the federal aid offered to thousands of families. Grant provides extensive primary source research from government documents, as well as letters, newspaper editorials, and case studies that focus on individual lives and fortunes. He examines who these families were and what their farms looked like, and he sheds light on the health problems and other personal concerns that interfered with the economic viability of many farms. The result is a provocative study that gives a human face to the hardships and triumphs of modern agriculture. Michael Johnston Grant has a Ph.D. in history. He works for the Kentucky Department of Agriculture., Examines the lower to middle-income family farmers and the rural rehabilitation program designed to help them

LC Classification NumberHD1476.U5G7 2002