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Agricultural Economics at the University of Minnesota 1886-1979 by Willard W. Cochrane W. St. Paul, MN: University of Minnesota, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 1983. (pdf)

Table of Contents:
The Beginnings: 1886-1900;
Two Strands of Development: 1900-1918;
The Explosive Years: 1918-1928;
The Jesness Era: 1928-1957;
New Faces and New Approaches: 1957-1971;
Maturity Without Stagnation: 1971-1979;
Minnesota as a Microcosm of the Profession;
University of Minnesota Faculty in Agricultural Economics, 1930-1979;
Recipients of Graduate Degrees with Majors in Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Minnesota, 1914-1979;
Course Offerings in Farm Management and Agricultural Economics, 1930-1932;
Course Offerings in Agricultural Economics, 1952-1953;
Course Offerings in the Department of Agricultural Economics, 1959-1960;
Course Offerings in the Department of Agricultural Economics, 1969-1970;
Course Offerings in the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 1978-1979;
A Suggested Second Ph.D. Track for Students with a Policy Orientation;
Administrative Leadership in Agricultural Economics, 1909-1979; Members of the Faculty, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 1979.