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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

The Economics of Cotton Harvest Mechanization in the United States, 1920--1970

Abstract

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Currently farmers mechanically harvest only 20 percent of the world's cotton. This study of the patterns and consequences of cotton harvest mechanization provides insight for policy makers in countries where this type of future technological change will elicit enormous rural-to-urban migration and capital-for-labor substitution.

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Ph.D.
Level thesis:degree_level
Dissertation
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Economics
Grantor
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Year dc:date
2015

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Grove, Wayne Allison
Contributors dc:contributor
  • Alston, Lee J.

Subjects

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Rights

Language dc:language
eng

Identifiers

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Identifier
(MiAaPQ)AAI9971085
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/85669

Chain of custody

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www.ideals.illinois.edu/oai-pmh
Last updated
2026-07-22
Source record
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citation

Grove, Wayne Allison. The Economics of Cotton Harvest Mechanization in the United States, 1920--1970. Dissertation thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/85669