{"product_id":"seeds-of-exchange-soviets-americans-and-cooperation-in-agriculture-1921-1935-hardback-9781501782794","title":"Seeds of Exchange; Soviets, Americans, and Cooperation in Agriculture, 1921–1935 (Hardback) 9781501782794","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSeeds of Exchange\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eSoviets, Americans, and Cooperation in Agriculture, 1921–1935\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMaria Fedorova (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781501782794\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 August 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e234 pages, 7 b\u0026amp;w halftones, 1 b\u0026amp;w line drawing, 1 map - 7 Halftones, black and white - 1 Line drawings, black and white - 1 Maps\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.907 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeeds of Exchange\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e examines the US and Soviet exchange of agricultural knowledge and technology during the interwar period. \u003c\/b\u003eMaria Fedorova challenges the perception of the Soviet Union as a passive recipient of American technology and expertise. She reveals the circular nature of this exchange through official government bureaus, amid anxious farmers in crowded auditoriums, in cramped cars across North Dakota and Montana, and by train over the once fertile steppes of the Volga. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAmid the post–World War I food insecurity, Soviet and American agricultural experts relied on transnational networks, bridging ideological differences. As Soviets traveled across the US agricultural regions and Americans plowed steppes in the southern Urals and the lower Volga, both groups believed that innovative solutions could be found beyond their own national borders. Soviets were avidly interested in American technology and American agricultural experts perceived the Soviet Union to be an ideal setting for experimenting with and refining modern farm systems and organizational practices. As\u003ci\u003e Seeds of Exchange\u003c\/i\u003e shows, agricultural modernization was not the exclusive domain of Western countries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. The Russian Agricultural Bureau in New York and the Soviet-American Agricultural Exchange, 1921-1926\u003cbr\u003e 2. Soviet Agrarians' Travels to the United States, 1921-1928\u003cbr\u003e 3. The American Tractor Unit and the Agricultural Reconstruction ofSoviet Russia, 1921-1923\u003cbr\u003e 4. Harold Ware and the Russian Reconstruction Farms, 1925\u003cbr\u003e 5. M. L. Wilson, Large-Scale Farms, and the Dissemination of Agricultural Knowledge, 1928-1931\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Transformation of Agricultural Exchange in Early the 1930s\u003cbr\u003e 7. Epilogue\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Northern Illinois University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52610560000280,"sku":"9781501782794","price":34.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/seeds-of-exchange-soviets-americans-and-cooperation-in-agriculture-1921-1935-hardback-9781501782794","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}