Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-250) and index.
Contents
Native Americans : the original rural westerners / David Rich Lewis -- Rural life and social change in the modern West / Paula M. Nelson -- Environmentalism and agriculture in the American West / James E. Sherow -- Agricultural policy since 1945 / Thomas R. Wessel -- Ranch and farm women in the contemporary American West / Sandra Schackel -- Federal water policy and the rural West / Donald J. Pisani -- Migrant and seasonal farm labor in the far West / Anne B.W. Effland -- Agricultural science and technology in the West / Judith Fabry -- Cattle raising and dairying in the western states / Mark Friedberger -- Agribusiness in the American West / Harry C. McDean.