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020 _a9781953295743
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035 _a(OCoLC)1261767989
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043 _an-us---
092 _a338.7629
_bD131
049 _aNFGA
100 1 _aDahlstrom, Neil,
_d1976-
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aTractor wars :
_bJohn Deere, Henry Ford, International Harvester, and the birth of modern agriculture /
_cNeil Dahlstrom.
264 1 _aDallas, TX :
_bMatt Holt Books, an imprint of BenBella Books,
_c[2022]
300 _axiv, 272 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 233-264) and index.
520 _a"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"--
_cProvided by publisher.
505 0 _aPrologue -- 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.
650 0 _aTractor industry
_zUnited States
_xHistory.
_929302
650 0 _aAgriculture
_zUnited States
_xHistory.
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