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African American Life in the Rural South, 1900-1950

During the first half of the 20th century, degradation, poverty and hopelessness were commonplace for African Americans who lived in the South’s countryside. This text provides information about their culture…

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The Big Empty: The Great Plains in the Twentieth Century

R. Douglas Hurt

The Great Plains, known for grasslands that stretch to the horizon, is a difficult region to define. In The Big Empty, R. Douglas Hurt defines this region using the towns…

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The Great Plains during World War II

R. Douglas Hurt

Emphasizing the region’s social and economic history, The Great Plains during World War II is the first book to examine the effects of the war on the region and the…

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Food and Agriculture during the Civil War

R. Douglas Hurt

This book provides a perspective into the past that few students and historians of the Civil War have considered: agriculture during the Civil War as a key element of power.

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Agriculture and the Confederacy: Policy, Productivity, and Power in the Civil War South

R. Douglas Hurt

In this comprehensive and innovative Civil War history, R. Douglas Hurt traces the decline and fall of agriculture in the Confederate States of America, the backbone of the Southern economy…

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The Ohio Frontier: Crucible of the Old Northwest, 1720-1830

R. Douglas Hurt

The Ohio frontier was always a land of violence, opportunity, and refuge for both Indians and whites. It served as the political, economic, and social foundation for the settlement of…

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A Companion to American Agricultural History

Provides a solid foundation for understanding American agricultural history and offers new directions for research

A Companion to American Agricultural History addresses the key aspects of America’s complex agricultural past…

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Documents of the Dust Bowl

R. Douglas Hurt

This book provides a unique, thorough, and indispensable resource for anyone investigating the causes and consequences of the Dust Bowl.

During the 1930s, drought and the cultivation of submarginal lands…

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Agriculture in the Midwest, 1815-1900

R. Douglas Hurt

R. Douglas Hurt recounts the settlement of the U.S. Midwest between 1815 and the turn of the twentieth century, arguing that this region proved to be the country's garden spot…

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African American Life in the Rural South, 1900-1950

R. Douglas Hurt

During the first half of the 20th century, degradation, poverty and hopelessness were commonplace for African Americans who lived in the South’s countryside. This text provides information about their culture…

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The Green Revolution in the Global South: Science, Politics, and Unintended Consequences

R. Douglas Hurt

A synthesis of the agricultural history of the Green Revolution. R. Douglas Hurt demonstrates that the Green Revolution did not turn out as neatly as scientists predicted. When its methods…

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Nathan Boone and the American Frontier

Professor R Douglas Hurt (Purdue University)

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Problems of Plenty: The American Farmer in the Twentieth Century

Douglas R. Hurt

Here is a compact narrative history of American agriculture over the last century.

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The Dust Bowl: An Agricultural and Social History

Douglas R. Hurt

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Union Heartland: The Midwestern Home Front during the Civil War

Brett Barker,William C. Davis,Nicole Etcheson

In this welcome collection, seven Civil War scholars offer a unique regional perspective on the Civil War by examining how a specific group of Northerners - Midwesterners, known as Westerners…

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