An opportunity lost the Truman administration and the farm policy debate /

Dean, Virgil W.

An opportunity lost the Truman administration and the farm policy debate / [electronic resource] : Virgil W. Dean. - Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2006. - xv, 275 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-261) and index.

Introduction -- The search begins -- The Eightieth Congress tries to "fix the roof" -- Farm policy and the election of 1948 -- The Brannan farm plan: agricultural panacea or political football? -- Reaction to the Brannan plan -- The Brannan plan in Congress -- The Brannan plan in 1950.

"Examines Charles Brannan's agricultural plan, the farm policy debate, and Harry S. Truman's quest for a long-range agricultural program. Assesses Truman's relationships with farmers and with politicians and the search for a workable peacetime program, especially as it related to the parity price foundation and price supports"--Provided by publisher.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






Agriculture and state--History--United States--20th century.


Electronic books.

HD1761 / .D366 2006

338.1/87309044