Tractor wars : John Deere, Henry Ford, International Harvester, and the birth of modern agriculture /
Dahlstrom, Neil, 1976-
Tractor wars : John Deere, Henry Ford, International Harvester, and the birth of modern agriculture / Neil Dahlstrom. - xiv, 272 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-264) and index.
Prologue -- The Ford tractor -- John Deere: "The newcomer" -- The tractor works -- "Divorce the plow from the tractor" -- "The great awakening" -- "Small tractor proposition" -- Henry Ford day -- "A war to end all wars" -- "First class all the way" -- "England gets them first" -- The John Deere tractor -- "Ford likes a success" -- Tractor City -- "Better, cheaper" -- "Depression is awful" -- Farmall -- Iron man -- "Our main competition" -- "Stick to it" -- "A vengeance" -- "High hopes" -- "Power farmer" -- "The layoff will be brief" -- "The business of raising food" -- Epilogue.
"With all the bitterness and drama of the race between Ford, Dodge, and General Motors, Tractor Wars is the untold story of industry stalwarts and disruptors, inventors, and administrators racing to invent modern agriculture-a power farming revolution that would usher in a whole new world"--
9781953295743 1953295746
2021034770
Tractor industry--History.--United States
Agriculture--History.--United States
Tractor wars : John Deere, Henry Ford, International Harvester, and the birth of modern agriculture / Neil Dahlstrom. - xiv, 272 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-264) and index.
Prologue -- The Ford tractor -- John Deere: "The newcomer" -- The tractor works -- "Divorce the plow from the tractor" -- "The great awakening" -- "Small tractor proposition" -- Henry Ford day -- "A war to end all wars" -- "First class all the way" -- "England gets them first" -- The John Deere tractor -- "Ford likes a success" -- Tractor City -- "Better, cheaper" -- "Depression is awful" -- Farmall -- Iron man -- "Our main competition" -- "Stick to it" -- "A vengeance" -- "High hopes" -- "Power farmer" -- "The layoff will be brief" -- "The business of raising food" -- Epilogue.
"With all the bitterness and drama of the race between Ford, Dodge, and General Motors, Tractor Wars is the untold story of industry stalwarts and disruptors, inventors, and administrators racing to invent modern agriculture-a power farming revolution that would usher in a whole new world"--
9781953295743 1953295746
2021034770
Tractor industry--History.--United States
Agriculture--History.--United States