Agricultural Depression in the 1920's: Economic Fact or Statistical Artifact?

by Thomas H. Johnson

Overview

First published in 1985. This study explores the agricultural depression in the United States of America in the 1920’s. The author examines overproduction, wartime optimism and the farm crisis, and continuity and change in agriculture during this period. This title will be of great interest to students of history, agriculture, and economics.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781000682281
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/06/2019
Series:	Routledge Library Editions: Agriculture , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	258
File size:	626 KB

About the Author

Thomas H. Johnson

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements; 1. Agricultural Depression in the 1920’s: Consensus and Paradox 2. The Income Situation 3. What About Parity? 4. Overproduction and Prices: "The Wheat Situation" Revisited 5. Wartime Optimism and Farm Crisis in the Twenties: Land Values, Mortgages and Banks 6. Agricultural Production in the Twenties: Continuity and Change 7. Agriculture, Farmers and Economic History: Facts and Artefacts; Bibliography