Reshaping the landscape: The impact and diffusion of the tractor in American agriculture, 1910-1960

Journal of Economic History

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 663-698

  Olmstead, Alan L ^a   Rhode, Paul W ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHANGE; AGRICULTURAL HISTORY; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034781281     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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