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Author:
Gisolfi, Monica R., [author]
Title:
The takeover : chicken farming and the roots of American agribusiness / Monica R. Gisolfi.
Publisher:
University of Georgia Press,
Copyright Date:
2017
Description:
xvi, 104 pages ; 23 cm.
Subject:
Poultry industry--Georgia--History.
Poultry industry--United States--History.
Agricultural industries--United States--History.
Agriculture--History.--United States--History.
Agricultural industries
Agriculture--Economic aspects
Poultry industry.
Georgia
United States
History.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 73-100) and index.
Contents:
Introduction -- From cotton to chicken, 1914-1939 -- World War II and the command economy, 1939-1945 -- Taking over: integrators and the birth of the modern broiler industry -- Broiler sharecroppers and hired hands -- From public nuisance to toxic waste, 1940-1990 -- Epilogue.
Series:
Environmental history and the American South
ISBN:
0820349712 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780820349718 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0820335789 (hard bound : alk. paper)
9780820335780 (hard bound : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)964065613
LCCN:
2016039446
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
GAAX314 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Peosta (Peosta)

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