Betrayal: Agricultural Politics in the Fifties - Couverture souple

Schulz, Herbert

 
9781552380987: Betrayal: Agricultural Politics in the Fifties
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 155238098X ISBN 13 : 9781552380987
Editeur : University of Calgary Press, 2004

Synopsis

Betrayal is an insider's account of the hardscrabble and often heartless prairie farm politics of the 1950s. The son of a CCF member, Herbert Schulz was an early organizer for the Manitoba Federation of Agriculture and later an executive in the Grandview Pool Elevator Association. This compelling memoir weaves together humorous and poignant anecdotes with stories of bitter betrayal.

Speaking from his intimate, and frequently controversial, involvement in farm politics during a critical decade for prairie agriculture, Schulz argues that the demise of the family farm has not been an inevitable side-effect of technology. Rather, many farm families watched their dreams crumble as expected support from trusted politicians failed to materialize. During these years, numerous family farms faded into history, their memory serving as a quaint reminder of what was once a proud tradition.

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À propos de l?auteur

Herbert Schulz is a son of Romanian immigrants. He grew up on the family farm in the Grandview area of west-central Manitoba and ran his own farm from the late 1940s to the early 1960s.

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Éditeur
University of Calgary Press
Date d'édition
2004
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
155238098X
ISBN 13 
9781552380987
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
235
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