Download or read book Henry Cantwell Wallace as Secretary of Agriculture 1921 1924 written by Donald L. Winters and published by Urbana : University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 1970 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Henry Cantwell Wallace as Secretary of Agriculture written by Donald L. Winters and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Henry Cantwell Wallace as Secretary of Agricultute 1921 1924 written by D. L. Winters and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Address by Henry C Wallace Secretary of Agriculture Before the National Council of Farmers Cooperative Marketing Assn Washington D C February 8 1924 written by Henry Cantwell Wallace and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Henry Cantwell Wallace written by United States. Department of Agriculture and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Henry Cantwell Wallace as Secretary of Agriculture 1921 1924 written by Donald L. Winters and published by Urbana : University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 1970 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Biographical Dictionary of Iowa written by David Hudson and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 2009-05 with total page 609 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Iowa has been blessed with citizens of strong character who have made invaluable contributions to the state and to the nation. In the 1930s alone, such towering figures as John L. Lewis, Henry A. Wallace, and Herbert Hoover hugely influenced the nation’s affairs. Iowa’s Native Americans, early explorers, inventors, farmers, scholars, baseball players, musicians, artists, writers, politicians, scientists, conservationists, preachers, educators, and activists continue to enrich our lives and inspire our imaginations. Written by an impressive team of more than 150 scholars and writers, the readable narratives include each subject’s name, birth and death dates, place of birth, education, and career and contributions. Many of the names will be instantly recognizable to most Iowans; others are largely forgotten but deserve to be remembered. Beyond the distinctive lives and times captured in the individual biographies, readers of the dictionary will gain an appreciation for how the character of the state has been shaped by the character of the individuals who have inhabited it. From Dudley Warren Adams, fruit grower and Grange leader, to the Younker brothers, founders of one of Iowa’s most successful department stores, The Biographical Dictionary of Iowa is peopled with the rewarding lives of more than four hundred notable citizens of the Hawkeye State. The histories contained in this essential reference work should be eagerly read by anyone who cares about Iowa and its citizens. Entries include Cap Anson, Bix Beiderbecke, Black Hawk, Amelia Jenks Bloomer, William Carpenter, Philip Greeley Clapp, Gardner Cowles Sr., Samuel Ryan Curtis, Jay Norwood Darling, Grenville Dodge, Julien Dubuque, August S. Duesenberg, Paul Engle, Phyllis L. Propp Fowle, George Gallup, Hamlin Garland, Susan Glaspell, Josiah Grinnell, Charles Hearst, Josephine Herbst, Herbert Hoover, Inkpaduta, Louis Jolliet, MacKinlay Kantor, Keokuk, Aldo Leopold, John L. Lewis, Marquette, Elmer Maytag, Christian Metz, Bertha Shambaugh, Ruth Suckow, Billy Sunday, Henry Wallace, and Grant Wood. Excerpt from the entry on: Gallup, George Horace (November 19, 1901–July 26, 1984)—founder of the American Institute of Public Opinion, better known as the Gallup Poll, whose name was synonymous with public opinion polling around the world—was born in Jefferson, Iowa. . . . . A New Yorker article would later speculate that it was Gallup’s background in “utterly normal Iowa” that enabled him to find “nothing odd in the idea that one man might represent, statistically, ten thousand or more of his own kind.” . . . In 1935 Gallup partnered with Harry Anderson to found the American Institute of Public Opinion, based in Princeton, New Jersey, an opinion polling firm that included a syndicated newspaper column called “America Speaks.” The reputation of the organization was made when Gallup publicly challenged the polling techniques of The Literary Digest, the best-known political straw poll of the day. Calculating that the Digest would wrongly predict that Kansas Republican Alf Landon would win the presidential election, Gallup offered newspapers a money-back guarantee if his prediction that Franklin Delano Roosevelt would win wasn’t more accurate. Gallup believed that public opinion polls served an important function in a democracy: “If govern¬ment is supposed to be based on the will of the people, somebody ought to go and find what that will is,” Gallup explained.
Download or read book Our Debt and Duty to the Farmer written by Henry Cantwell Wallace and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Address by Henry A Wallace Secretary of Agriculture Before the American Institute of Cooperation Raleigh North Carolina July 24 1933 7 written by Henry Agard Wallace and published by . This book was released on 1933 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Address by Hon Henry A Wallace Secretary of Agriculture Delivered in the National Farm and Home Hour Program Thursday October 26 1933 written by Henry Agard Wallace and published by . This book was released on 1934 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Iowa Business Expense Book for 1890 1892 written by and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Handwritten ledger of expenses and receipts for an unidentified Iowa business. Believed to be part of the Wallace Papers (Henry Wallace, Henry C. Wallace, Henry A. Wallace) held in the University of Iowa Libraries Special Collections. Entries for cash expenses run from June 1, 1890 to May 31, 1892, pages 1-89. Receipts are for the same time period, running from pages 157 to 180. Expenses listed include, notable for the time, a monthly electric light bill, freight and drayage, payroll, lambing, "Wallace" advertisements, monthly salary for someone named Wallace and dividends paid to Henry Wallace. Ongoing payments for stamps, ink and paper suggest this book may pertain to publishing The Iowa Homestead journal. The first Henry Wallace, known as "Uncle Henry," was an author, publisher and agricultural experimenter. In the early 1890s he edited "The Iowa Homestead." Uncle Henry's son, Henry Cantwell Wallace, served as Secretary of Agriculture under President Warren G. Harding, from 1921-1924. Henry C. Wallace's son, Henry Agard Wallace, served as Franklin Roosevelt's Secretary of Agriculture from 1933-1940 and then as Vice President from 1941-1944. Both Winterset, Iowa, home town of the The Iowa Homestead editor and nearby Des Moines, Iowa, where the journal was headquartered, had electrical power before the ledger entries begin.
Download or read book Statement by Henry A Wallace written by Henry Agard Wallace and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Economics of Climate Change written by Gary D. Libecap and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2011-06-01 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While debates over the consequences of climate change are often pessimistic, historical data from the past two centuries indicate many viable opportunities for responding to potential changes. This volume takes a close look at the ways in which economies—particularly that of the United States—have adjusted to the challenges climate change poses, including institutional features that help insulate the economy from shocks, new crop varieties, irrigation, flood control, and ways of extending cultivation to new geographic areas. These innovations indicate that people and economies have considerable capacity to acclimate, especially when private gains complement public benefits. Options for adjusting to climate change abound, and with improved communication and the emergence of new information and technologies, the potential for adaptation will be even greater in the future.
Download or read book Science the Endless Frontier written by Vannevar Bush and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2021-02-02 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic case for why government must support science—with a new essay by physicist and former congressman Rush Holt on what democracy needs from science today Science, the Endless Frontier is recognized as the landmark argument for the essential role of science in society and government’s responsibility to support scientific endeavors. First issued when Vannevar Bush was the director of the US Office of Scientific Research and Development during the Second World War, this classic remains vital in making the case that scientific progress is necessary to a nation’s health, security, and prosperity. Bush’s vision set the course for US science policy for more than half a century, building the world’s most productive scientific enterprise. Today, amid a changing funding landscape and challenges to science’s very credibility, Science, the Endless Frontier resonates as a powerful reminder that scientific progress and public well-being alike depend on the successful symbiosis between science and government. This timely new edition presents this iconic text alongside a new companion essay from scientist and former congressman Rush Holt, who offers a brief introduction and consideration of what society needs most from science now. Reflecting on the report’s legacy and relevance along with its limitations, Holt contends that the public’s ability to cope with today’s issues—such as public health, the changing climate and environment, and challenging technologies in modern society—requires a more capacious understanding of what science can contribute. Holt considers how scientists should think of their obligation to society and what the public should demand from science, and he calls for a renewed understanding of science’s value for democracy and society at large. A touchstone for concerned citizens, scientists, and policymakers, Science, the Endless Frontier endures as a passionate articulation of the power and potential of science.
Download or read book American Dreamer A Life of Henry A Wallace written by John C. Culver and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2001-09-17 with total page 702 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The great politician, agriculturalist, economist, author, and businessman—loved and reviled, and finally now revealed. The great politician, agriculturalist, economist, author, and businessman—loved and reviled, and finally now revealed. The first full biography of Henry A. Wallace, a visionary intellectual and one of this century's most important and controversial figures. Henry Agard Wallace was a geneticist of international renown, a prolific author, a groundbreaking economist, and a businessman whose company paved the way for a worldwide agricultural revolution. He also held two cabinet posts, served four tumultuous years as America's wartime vice president under FDR, and waged a quixotic campaign for president in 1948. Wallace was a figure of Sphinx-like paradox: a shy man, uncomfortable in the world of politics, who only narrowly missed becoming president of the United States; the scion of prominent Midwestern Republicans and the philosophical voice of New Deal liberalism; loved by millions as the Prophet of the Common Man, and reviled by millions more as a dangerous, misguided radical. John C. Culver and John Hyde have combed through thousands of document pages and family papers, from Wallace's letters and diaries to previously unavailable files sealed within the archives of the Soviet Union. Here is the remarkable story of an authentic American dreamer. A Washington Post Best Book of the Year. 32 pages of b/w photographs. "A careful, readable, sympathetic but commendably dispassionate biography."—Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., Los Angeles Times Book Review "In this masterly work, Culver and Hyde have captured one of the more fascinating figures in American history."—Doris Kearns Goodwin, author of No Ordinary Time "Wonderfully researched and very well written...an indispensable document on both the man and the time."—John Kenneth Galbraith "A fascinating, thoughtful, incisive, and well-researched life of the mysterious and complicated figure who might have become president..."—Michael Beschloss, author of Taking Charge: The Johnson White House Tapes, 1963-1964 "This is a great book about a great man. I can't recall when—if ever—I've read a better biography."—George McGovern "[A] lucid and sympathetic portrait of a fascinating character. Wallace's life reminds us of a time when ideas really mattered."—Evan Thomas, author of The Very Best Men: The Early Years of the CIA "Everyone interested in twentieth-century American history will want to read this book."—Robert Dallek, author of Flawed Giant "[T]he most balanced, complete, and readable account..."—Walter LaFeber, author of Inevitable Revolutions "At long last a lucid, balanced and judicious narrative of Henry Wallace...a first-rate biography."—Douglas Brinkley, author of The Unfinished Presidency "A fine contribution to twentieth-century American history."—James MacGregor Burns, author of Dead Center: Clinton-Gore Leadership and the Perils of Moderation "[E]minently readable...a captivating chronicle of American politics from the Depression through the 1960s."—Senator Edward M. Kennedy "A formidable achievement....[an] engrossing account."—Kai Bird, author of The Color of Truth: McGeorge Bundy & William Bundy, Brothers in Arms "Many perceptions of Henry Wallace, not always favorable, will forever be changed."—Dale Bumpers, former US Senator, Arkansas
Download or read book Chronological Landmarks in American Agriculture written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This chronology lists major events in the history of U.S. agriculture. A source to which the reader may turn for additional information on the subject is included with most of the events. Generally, each source appears only once, although it may apply to more than one chronological citation. pp. The reader interested in a particular subject can compile a short bibliography by consulting each citation for that subject.
Download or read book Chronological Landmarks in American Agriculture written by Maryanna S. Smith and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
