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An Opportunity Lost: The Truman Administration and the Farm Policy Debate
Virgil W. Dean
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Description for An Opportunity Lost: The Truman Administration and the Farm Policy Debate
Hardcover. Assesses Harry Truman's relationships with the farming community and with politicians of both parties and analyzes the complex problems facing those concerned about the welfare of the American farm. It looks at the "Brannan Plan" to examine the farm policy dilemma and Truman's quest for a long-range agricultural program. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBTB; JPQB; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 590.
Harry Truman's 'Fair Deal' domestic policy agenda promised to continue Roosevelt's New Deal and, with some modification for postwar realities, to guide America into a new age of peace and prosperity. Agricultural policy was a cornerstone of this program, as it attempted to transform the farm program from the parity price foundation crafted by FDR to one based on income support through direct payment to farmers. Virgil W. Dean takes a new look at the much-heralded 'Brannan Plan' to examine in detail the farm policy dilemma and Truman's quest for a long-range agricultural program that would confront the problems ... Read more
Harry Truman's 'Fair Deal' domestic policy agenda promised to continue Roosevelt's New Deal and, with some modification for postwar realities, to guide America into a new age of peace and prosperity. Agricultural policy was a cornerstone of this program, as it attempted to transform the farm program from the parity price foundation crafted by FDR to one based on income support through direct payment to farmers. Virgil W. Dean takes a new look at the much-heralded 'Brannan Plan' to examine in detail the farm policy dilemma and Truman's quest for a long-range agricultural program that would confront the problems ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Missouri
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Missouri, United States
ISBN
9780826216502
SKU
V9780826216502
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About Virgil W. Dean
Virgil W. Dean is editor of Kansas History: A Journal of the Central Plains and of Territorial Kansas Reader. He is Director for Publications at the Kansas State Historical Society and lives in Lawrence, Kansas.
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