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

By:

Dean, Virgil W

Material type: Text

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780826265197
0826265197

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Opportunity lost.DDC classification:

338.1/87309044 22

LOC classification:

HD1761 .D366 2006eb

Other classification:

15.85

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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.

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

"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.