| Down by the Feed Mill: The Past and Present of America's Feed Mills and Grain Elevators Contributor(s): Hanks, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 0764352938 ISBN-13: 9780764352935 Publisher: Schiffer Publishing OUR PRICE: $31.49 Product Type: Hardcover Published: May 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Architectural & Industrial - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Historical - History | United States - State & Local - Midwest(ia,il,in,ks,mi,mn,mo,nd,ne,oh,sd,wi |
| Dewey: 779.4 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 8.9" W x 11.2" (2.90 lbs) 208 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Michigan - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Chronological Period - 21st Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: More than 300 fascinating photos bring to light the importance of feed mills to American townspeople, economies, and heritage. This wealth of contemporary new photos, together with some vintage images from museum collections, give us a visual record of a changing, and passing, American institution. Covering a time frame of more than 150 years, the book's illuminating text explains what feed mills and grain elevators do, how they work, the role they have played in the American agricultural economy, and the relationship of these businesses to their farmer customers. By focusing on three mills in depth we learn the changing technological and economic conditions that shaped, and sometimes destroyed, mills. These evocative photos capture mills in the southern half of Michigan's lower peninsula, chosen to be representative of the US mills as a whole in terms of their variety, historic evolution, and characteristics. |
Contributor Bio(s): Hanks, David: - David Hanks is an industrial photographer and a film and video producer. He has traveled extensively across the US with a camera close at hand, and his focus on building a comprehensive photographic record of feed mills spans several decades. |
