Harvest of Hazards: Family Farming, Accidents, and Expertise in the Corn Belt, 1940-1975

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Farming has always been a dangerous occupation. In the middle of the twentieth century the dangers became more acute. In this study of the farm safety movement in the Corn Belt, historian Derek Oden examines why agriculture was so dangerous and why improvements were so difficult to achieve. This groundbreaking study incorporates agriculture into the histories of occupational safety and public health.