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Study On The Agricultural Development Of American West

Posted on:2004-03-24Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:W WangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2155360095450691Subject:History of science and technology
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American history may be said the history of the western development." In the American history, the western development had caused the long and deep effects, which fueled the flying of American economy. From the angle of the agricultural history, this paper analyzes systematically and thoroughly many aspects involving the development of American west.The paper includes seven chapters, and its main contents as follows:Chapter 1: General introduction. This chapter has illustrated the purpose and significance of the agricultural development of American west, summed up the research achievements domestically and abroad and the research trends. It has stated the concept, method and new ideas about the field. Meanwhile, this chapter has introduced the natural conditions and abundant resources of the west area, analyzed the social economic background of American western exploiting.Chapter 2: Land policy and immigrants tides. The exploiting activities focused on the virgin land. Therefore, the policy of land became the vital factor affecting the development. The formation and revision of the land policy had played an important role on the aspects of the settlement and exploiting process.Chapter 3: Development of agricultural industry. The agricultural development was the main task of the 19th American western exploitation. The western agriculture transformed the type from the self-sufficiency to commercial one. Great achievements had made on the agriculture, which made the western region became the grains barnof the whole country. The western agriculture featured the establishment of the special belt of wheats and corns, cattle kingdom and irrigation agricultural development of the far west.Chapter 4: Transportation revolution and agriculture. With the process of west exploitation, the American transportation started with the poor conditions, which included such four developing stages as turnpikes, steam boats, canals and railways times, so great progresses had been made that the transportation net was complete and scattering everywhere. The perfect transportation net made it possible that the people's moving and goods' circulation, which comprised one of the important necessary elements of agricultural development.Chapter 5: Agricultural science and technology, education and agricultural achievements. American science and technology and education advanced simultaneously with the western development. The improved science and technology had brought about the greatly flourishing of agricultural mechanization and production. The establishment of agricultural education and extending system had raised the labor's qualities, which guaranteed the leading position of American science and technology. The improvement of science and technology and education belonged to the pushing forces that contributed to the American agriculture advancing dramatically.Chapter 6: Agricultural development and environment. The large- scale agricultural development had ruined the environment of American west sharply. It is a very bad lesson that we should learn. From the beginning of the 20th century, American government had published the powerful laws, polices and means to protect the environment, which had brought the distinguished achievements on the comprehensive treatment of the environment.Chapter 7: Historical evaluation of American western development. American agricultural exploitation is successful, flourishing the western agriculture andpromoting the whole country's economy simultaneously. It becomes the strong force spurring the advance of American economy. By analyzing deeply the successes and failures of American western development, we can get some valuable advises so that we implement smoothly Chinese western exploitation.
Keywords/Search Tags:American west, agriculture, development
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