The Granger Movement: A Study of Agricultural Organization and Its Political, Economic, and Social Manifestations, 1870-1880

Solon Justus Buck

University of Nebraska Press, 1913 - Business & Economics - 384 pages

Click for larger cover scan The Granger Movement A Study of Agricultural Organization and Its Political, Economic, and Social Manifestations, 1870-1880 Paper: 1963, x, 384, CIP.LC 63-9713 ISBN: 0-8032-5027-4 Price: $21.95 University of Nebraska Press -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "This book with its thorough and readable treatment, and exhaustive bibliography, is a welcome addition to social literature."--New York Times. "Dr. Buck has left no side of the subject untouched, and he has sought all the facts from a multitude of difficult sources. His book is scholarly and scientific."--Journal of Political Economics. "A well documented, scientific monograph, treating the subject on all sides and with entire impartiality."--American Historical Review.

Contents

• CHAPTER: 3
• THE AGRICULTURAL SITUATION BY SECTIONS: 9
• FARMERS MERCHANTS AND MANUFACTURERS: 16
• AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AND PRICES: 24
• FARMERS AND POLITICS: 34
• CHAPTER II: 40
• RAPID GROWTH OF THE GRANGE 187273: 52
• THE ST LOUIS SESSION AND THE CULMINATION OF THE ORDER: 63
• DECLINE OF THE GRANGE 187580: 80
• THE GRANGE AND STATE LEGISLATION: 102
• THE GRANGE AND NATIONAL LEGISLATION: 108
• CHAPTER IV: 123
• ATTEMPTS TO ENFORCE THE LEGISLATION OF 1871: 136
• THE RAILROAD LAW OF 1873: 143
• THE STRUGGLE OVER THE LAW OF 1873: 149
• CHAPTER V: 159
• IOWA: 166
• WISCONSIN: 179
• SUMMARY OF STATE LEGISLATION: 194
• THE LEGISLATION OF 1871: 206
• THE AGITATION FOR FEDERAL REGULATION: 214
• EFFECTS: 231
• CHAPTER VII: 238
• THE NATIONAL GRANGE AND COOPERATION: 256
• GRANGE MANUFACTURING: 267
• REASONS FOR FAILURE: 274
• THE GRANGE AS A SOCIAL FORCE: 280
• THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE MOVEMENT: 302
• BIBLIOGRAPHY: 315
• NEWSPAPERS: 321
• GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS: 329
• ORGANIZATION: 335
• RAILROADS: 341
• COOPERATION: 349
• ACREAGE OF STAPLE CROPS 186680 30: 359
• 124: 377

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Granger Movement: A Study of Agricultural Organization and Its Political, Economic, and Social Manifestations, 1870-1880; Volume 166 of Bison book; Bison books edition; Volume 19 of Harvard Historical Studies
• Author: Solon Justus Buck
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press, 1913
• Original from: the University of California
• Digitized: Sep 12, 2008
• ISBN: 0803250274, 9780803250277
• Length: 384 pages
• Subjects: Business & Economics / Industries / Agribusiness; Business & Economics / Industries / General; History / General; History / United States / 19th Century; Social Science / Sociology / General; Technology & Engineering / Agriculture / General