Down and Out on the Family Farm

By Michael Johnston Grant

Subjects: Great plains, economic conditions, Government policy, Great plains, history, Small Farms, Economic conditions, Rural development, Family farms, Farm life, united states

Description: "Focusing on the Great Plains States of Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota between 1929 and 1945, Down and Out on the Family Farm examines the small family farmers and the rural rehabilitation program designed to help them. Historian Michael Johnston Grant reveals the tension between economic forces that favored large-scale agriculture and political pressure that championed family farms, and the end results.". "Grant provides extensive, primary source research from government documents, as well as letters, newspaper editorial, and case studies that focus on individual lives and fortunes. He examines who these families were and what their farms looked like, and he sheds light on the health problems and other personal concerns that interfered with the economic viability of many farms. The result is a provocative study that gives a human face to the hardships and triumphs of modern agriculture."--BOOK JACKET.