A Companion to American Agricultural History

<p><b>Provides a solid foundation for understanding American agricultural history and offers&nbsp;new&nbsp;directions for research&nbsp;</b>&nbsp;</p> <p><i>A Companion to American Agricultural History</i>&nbsp;addresses&nbsp;the key aspects of America&rsquo;s complex agricultural past from 8,000 BCE to the first decades of the twenty-first century.&nbsp;Bringing together more than thirty&nbsp;original essays by both established and emerging scholars,&nbsp;this innovative volume&nbsp;presents&nbsp;a succinct and accessible overview of American agricultural history&nbsp;while&nbsp;delivering&nbsp;a state-of-the-art&nbsp;assessment of&nbsp;modern&nbsp;scholarship&nbsp;on a&nbsp;diversity&nbsp;of&nbsp;subjects, themes, and issues.&nbsp;</p> <p>The&nbsp;essays&nbsp;provide&nbsp;readers&nbsp;with&nbsp;starting points&nbsp;for their&nbsp;exploration&nbsp;of American agricultural history&mdash;whether&nbsp;in general or&nbsp;in regards to a specific topic&mdash;and&nbsp;highlights&nbsp;the many ways&nbsp;the agricultural history of America is of integral importance to the wider American experience.&nbsp;Individual essays&nbsp;trace the origin and development of agricultural politics and policies, examine&nbsp;changes in science, technology, and government regulations,&nbsp;offer&nbsp;analytical suggestions&nbsp;for&nbsp;new&nbsp;research&nbsp;areas,&nbsp;discuss&nbsp;matters of ethnicity&nbsp;and gender in American agriculture,&nbsp;and more.&nbsp;This&nbsp;<i>Companion:</i>&nbsp; &nbsp;</p> <ul> <li>Introduces readers to a uniquely wide range of topics within&nbsp;the study of&nbsp;American agricultural history&nbsp;</li> <li>Provides&nbsp;a narrative summary and a critical examination of&nbsp;field-defining&nbsp;works&nbsp;</li> <li>Introduces&nbsp;specific&nbsp;topics&nbsp;within American agricultural history&nbsp;such as&nbsp;agrarian reform, agribusiness, and agricultural power and&nbsp;production&nbsp;</li> <li>Discusses&nbsp;the impacts of&nbsp;American agriculture&nbsp;on different groups including&nbsp;Native Americans, African Americans, and&nbsp;European,&nbsp;Asian, and Latinx immigrants&nbsp;</li> <li>Views the agricultural history of America through&nbsp;new interdisciplinary lenses of race, class, and the environment&nbsp;</li> <li>Explores depictions of American agriculture in film, popular music, literature, and art&nbsp;&nbsp;</li> </ul> <p><i>A Companion to American Agricultural History</i>&nbsp;is&nbsp;an essential resource for&nbsp;introductory students and general readers seeking a concise overview of the subject, and for graduate students and&nbsp;scholars&nbsp;wanting to learn&nbsp;about a particular aspect of American agricultural history.&nbsp;</p>