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BLACKWELL COMPANIONS TO HISTORY
WILEY BLACKWELL COMPANIONS TO AMERICAN HISTORY
A COMPANION TO AMERICAN AGRICULTURAL HISTORY
Contents
List of Illustrations
Guide
Pages
Notes on Contributors
Introduction THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN AGRICULTURE
Chapter 1 NATIVE AMERICAN AGRICULTURE BEFORE EUROPEAN CONTACT
Eastern North America
Eastern Agriculture before the Widespread Adoption of Maize
TOBACCO
MAIZE, CUSHAW SQUASHES, AND BEANS
The Southwest. BEGINNINGS OF MAIZE CULTIVATION
HOHOKAM AGRICULTURE
ANCESTRAL PUEBLOAN AGRICULTURAL ON THE COLORADO PLATEAU AND NORTHERN RIO GRANDE VALLEY
The Pacific Northwest
Conclusions
Bibliographical Essay
Chapter 2 NORTH AMERICAN COLONIAL AGRICULTURE
Bibliographical Essay
Chapter 3 EARLY NATIONAL AMERICA, 1789–1830: LAYING THE FOUNDATION FOR NINETEENTH- CENTURY AGRICULTURAL GROWTH
The Role of the Federal Government
Farming Practices and Regional Development, 1789–1830
The Westward Movement
The South
Northern States, 1789–1815
The Transportation Revolution: Initial Stage, 1815–1830
Bibliographical Essay
Chapter 4 AGRICULTURAL POWER AND PRODUCTION IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA
Bibliographical Essay
Chapter 5 MAKING THE RURAL MIDWEST: COMMODITIES AND COMMUNITIES
Bibliographical Essay
Chapter 6. THE GREAT PLAINS
Bibliographical Essay
Chapter 7 POST-CIVIL WAR SOUTHERN AGRICULTURE
Bibliographical Essay
Chapter 8 THREE ERAS OF CALIFORNIA AGRICULTURE: WHEAT, SPECIALTY CROPS, COTTON
Bibliographical Essay
Chapter 9 AMERICAN INDIAN AGRICULTURE
Agriculture in the Eastern Woodlands
Agriculture in the West
Federal–Indian Agricultural Policy: Roots
Yeoman Farming
Land Severalty
Undermining Agriculture
The Respite
Assaulting Tribalism
Era of Self-Determination
Conclusion
Bibliographical Essay
Chapter 10 CITIES AND AGRICULTURE IN AMERICA
Of Cabbages and Concentric Circles
Urban Metabolism
From Farm to Table
Crisis Gardens in the City
Farms in the City in the Country
Saving Farms, Farming, or Farmscapes?
Planting Social Justice on Vacant Lots
Bibliographical Essay
Notes
Chapter 11 THE HISTORIANS’ CORNER: AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE
Bibliographical Essay
Chapter 12 AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY
Pre-Columbian North America
The American Colonial Period to 1776
The Early National Period, 1776–1830
The Antebellum Period, 1815–1860
The Gilded Age, 1860–1900
The Twentieth Century
The Twenty-First Century
Bibliographical Essay
Chapter 13 PLANT SCIENCES: A BRIEF HISTORY
Thinking about Plants
Plant Tissue Culture, Modern Plant Breeding, and Genetic Engineering
Model Organisms
Tools for the Plant Sciences
Big Data and Omics
Gardening
Institutions
Climate Change, Sustainable Agriculture, Bioenergy
Microbes and Plants
Plant Discovery, Evolution, and Taxonomy
Bibliographical Essay
Model Organisms
Journals and Textbooks
Sweet and Savory Reading
Chapter 14 A COUNTERCULTURE AGRICULTURE: ORGANIC FARMING IN A COMMERCIAL FOOD AGE
Agrarians and Organics
Factory Farming and Chemical Crops
Land Armies and Victory Gardens
Toward a Permanent Land and a Pesticidal Plenty
Carson’s Silent Spring and the Organic Revolution
Toward an Organic Marketplace
Bibliographical Essay
Chapter 15 AGRICULTURAL HISTORY’S AGROECOLOGICAL TURN
Bibliographical Essay
Chapter 16 AFRICAN AMERICANS IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY AGRICULTURE
Bibliographical Essay
Chapter 17 GENDER AND AGRICULTURE
Bibliographical Essay
Chapter 18 MIGRANT LABOR
Bibliographical Essay
Chapter 19 EVOLVING BOUNDARIES: “THE PEOPLE’S DEPARTMENT” ACROSS THREE CENTURIES
Creating the Institution
Prioritizing Agricultural Science
Expanding the Mission
Redefining the Mission
Summary and Final Thoughts
Bibliographical Essay
Chapter 20 AGRARIAN REFORM: THE GRANGE, THE FARMERS’ ALLIANCE, AND POPULISM
The Role of Scientific Agriculture in Farm Production
Railroads and Commodity Markets
Agricultural Cooperatives
Organizing the Grassroots
From Nonpartisanship to the People’s Party
Conclusion
Bibliographical Essay
Chapter 21 AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATION IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY: PROGRESSIVES, RADICALS, AND SOCIAL ACTIVISTS
Bibliographical Essay
Chapter 22 THE DEVELOPMENT OF AMERICAN AGRICULTURAL POLICY
The Early Parity Era (1933–1948)
The Late Parity Era (1949–1972)
The Target Price Era (1973–1995)
The Modern, Decoupled Era (1996–2018)
Conclusion
Bibliographical Essay
Chapter 23 IRRIGATION, RECLAMATION, AND WATER RIGHTS
Bibliographical Essay
Chapter 24 CONSUMERS, PRODUCERS, AND THE SHIFTING LOGIC OF FOOD SAFETY
Food Safety as Agricultural Protection
A Rising Consumer Movement Contends with the Agricultural Establishment
New Challenges to Food Purity
Pure Food—Lifestyle Choice or Common Commitment?
Conclusion
Bibliographical Essay
Chapter 25 MEATPACKING
Industrial Evolution
Workers and Labor Unions
Environmental Impacts
Ethical Concerns
Bibliographical Essay
Chapter 26 AGRIBUSINESS
Bibliographical Essay
Chapter 27 RURAL LIFE
Bibliographical Essay
Chapter 28 AGRICULTURE AND ART
Imagining People
Educating the Populace
Perceiving Agricultural Fertility and Devastation
Celebrating Crops and Products
Transforming Farming with Technology
Conclusion
Bibliographical Essay
Chapter 29 AGRICULTURE IN US LITERATURE
Bibliographic Essay
Chapter 30 THE BLUES, COUNTRY MUSIC, AND AMERICAN AGRICULTURE
Farming and the Social Roots of Genre
Music Making and Agriculture Labor
Singing and Signifying on the Farm
Bibliographical Essay
Chapter 31 AGRICULTURE AND FILM
Definitions and Scope
Documentaries
Educational Film
Government-Sponsored Film
Industrial Promotion
Feature-Length Film
Home Movies
Conclusion
Bibliographical Essay
Bibliography
Index
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