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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.

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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.
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Autorenporträt
DEREK S. ODEN is currently an associate professor of history at Del Mar College in Corpus Christi, Texas. He has published articles in both the Annals of Iowa and Agricultural History. His article "Selling Safety: The Farm Safety Movement's Emergence and Evolution from 1940-1975" in Agricultural History won the Agricultural Society's Everett E. Edwards Award. He lives in Corpus Christi, Texas.