American farming culture and the history of technology

• Main Author: Brinkman, Joshua T., (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Routledge, 2024
• Series: Routledge studies in food, society and environment.
• Subjects: Agricultural machinery > Social aspects > Middle West > History.; Farmers > Middle West > Social conditions.; Middle West > Social conditions > History.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781032637952; 1032637951; 9781040025215; 1040025218; 9781040025222; 1040025226; 9781032637945; 9781032637907
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

"Presenting a history of agriculture in the American Corn Belt, this book argues that modernization occurred not only for economic reasons but also because of how farmers use technology as a part of their identity and culture. Histories of agriculture often fail to give agency to farmers in bri...