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Author:

Dean, Virgil W.

Title:

An opportunity lost : the Truman administration and the farm policy debate / Virgil W. Dean.

Publisher:

University of Missouri Press,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

xv, 275 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Agriculture and state--United States--History--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-261) and index.

Contents:

Introduction -- The search begins -- The Eightieth Congress tries to "fix the roof" -- Farm policy and the election of 1948 -- The Brannan farm plan: agricultural panacea or political football? -- Reaction to the Brannan plan -- The Brannan plan in Congress -- The Brannan plan in 1950.

Summary:

"Examines Charles Brannan's agricultural plan, the farm policy debate, and Harry S. Truman's quest for a long-range agricultural program. Assesses Truman's relationships with farmers and with politicians and the search for a workable peacetime program, especially as it related to the parity price foundation and price supports"--Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9780826216502
9780826216502 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0826216501 (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)62324899

LCCN:

2005033406

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)

F3OX522 -- State Historical Society of Iowa Library (Iowa City)

GLAX641 -- Marshalltown Community College Library (Marshalltown)

OTAX626 -- Wilcox Library (Oskaloosa)