Tractor wars : John Deere, Henry Ford, International Harvester, and the birth of modern agriculture

Tractor wars John Deere, Henry Ford, International Harvester, and the birth of modern agriculture

Neil Dahlstrom, 1976-

Book - 2022

"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"--

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Subjects
Tractor industry > United States > History.
Agriculture > United States > History.
Published
Dallas, TX : Matt Holt Books, an imprint of BenBella Books [2022]
Language
English
Main Author
Neil Dahlstrom, 1976- (author)
Physical Description
xiv, 272 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-264) and index.
ISBN
9781953295743
  • Key Tractors and Personnel
  • Prologue
  • 1. The Ford Tractor
  • 2. John Deere: "The Newcomer"
  • 3. The Tractor Works
  • 4. "Divorce the Plow from the Tractor"
  • 5. "The Great Awakening"
  • 6. "Small Tractor Proposition"
  • 7. Henry Ford Day
  • 8. "A War to End All Wars"
  • 9. "First Class All the Way"
  • 10. "England Gets Them First"
  • 11. The John Deere Tractor
  • 12. "Ford Likes a Success"
  • 13. Tractor City
  • 14. "Better, Cheaper"
  • 15. "Depression Is Awful"
  • 16. Farmall
  • 17. Iron Man
  • 18. "Our Main Competition"
  • 19. "Stick to It"
  • 20. "A Vengeance"
  • 21. "High Hopes"
  • 22. "Power Farmer"
  • 23. "The Layoff Will Be Brief"
  • 24. "The Business of Raising Food"
  • Epilogue
  • Author's Note
  • Acknowledgments
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Notes
  • Index

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