Contents -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- I. Introduction -- 1. Introduction and Overview -- II. Agricultural Development: A Chronological History -- 2. The Colonial Period: 1607-1775 -- 3. Breaking Out of the Atlantic Seaboard: 1775-1820 -- 4. From Pioneering to Commercialization: 1820-1860 -- 5. The Last Frontier: 1860-1897 -- 6. Prosperity and Depression: 1897-1933 -- 7. The Technological Revolution: 1933-1970 -- 8. U.S. Agriculture in a World Market: 1970-1990 -- III. The Forces of Development and Structural Change -- 9. Abundant Land -- 10. Farm Mechanization and Technological Advance -- 11. Building Physical Infrastructure: Transport and Other Elements -- 12. Building Social Infrastructure: Education and Research -- 13. International Inputs -- 14. Environmental Policy -- 15. The Role of Government -- 16. The Forces in Review -- 17. Changes in Structure, Organization, and Productivity -- 18. The Watersheds of Development -- IV. A Conceptual Model of Agricultural Development: 1950-1990 -- 19. The Demand and Supply Components -- 20. Governmental Intervention, Cannibalism, and the Treadmill -- 21. Using the Model to Understand the 1970s and 1980s -- V. Summation -- 22. Some Concluding Thoughts -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.