Contents Introduction • The Machines That Changed the World — ix —
Prologue • The Harshest Proving Ground — xi —
7 • The Space Age
8 • The Dawn of Power Farming
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— 142 —
1960–1969
1970–1979
1 • The First Tractors
2 • The Prairie Tractor Era
9 • Only the Strong Will Survive
10 • The Rebound
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— 10 —
— 172 —
— 200 —
1889–1906
1907–1916
1980–1989
3 • The Small Tractor Emerges
4 • The Rise of Style
11 • The Twenty-First Century
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— 58 —
— 210 —
1917–1928
1929–1944
1990–1999
12 • Epilogue
2000–Present
The Future of the Tractor — 224 —
Bibliography — 225 —
Acknowledgments — 226 —
5 • The Post-War Boom
6 • Hungry for Power
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— 96 —
1945–1953
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T R AC T OR
1954–1959
Index
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