Globalization and Tractors
Legendary Farm Tractors: a Photographic History is a great recent addition to the small world of farm tractor books and publications. It offers a global photographic perspective of tractor manufacture and use. It is by no means a comprehensive guide.
Instead, this "coffee table book" offers great photographs of finely restored machines along with short vignettes. It was a great introduction to many European tractor types that I had not previously known about. Although the photographs are great, the short descriptions lack continuity and substance. The pictures make me wish there was a page of descriptive material that I could go to learn more. Another criticism is the lack of coverage of tractor types outside Western Europe and North America.
Due to the lack of substantive information on any of the machines, I ended up going to the Internet to search Google Book Search for further information in other books.
I was interested in exploring further the story behind International Harvester's manufacture of tractors in Neuss Germany before, during and after World War Two.
The Google Book Search helped me discover a book titled Farmall Tractors in the 1950's that offered some basic additional information on this topic. A web search brought a few basic resources. One of these is a website dealing with IH tractor production at Neuss from 1908-1997
I am interested in the global connections of corporate interests with Nazi Germany during the 30's and 40's. It is interesting to find that the interests of global business often ran counter to those of politicians.
We live in an age where we assume that increased global connectedness makes us safer. This is true to a certain extent. Democracy and interconnectedness tend to be key preventers of war. This said, the historic involvement of some global corporations with one of the darkest governments in history makes me want to learn more
Instead, this "coffee table book" offers great photographs of finely restored machines along with short vignettes. It was a great introduction to many European tractor types that I had not previously known about. Although the photographs are great, the short descriptions lack continuity and substance. The pictures make me wish there was a page of descriptive material that I could go to learn more. Another criticism is the lack of coverage of tractor types outside Western Europe and North America.
Due to the lack of substantive information on any of the machines, I ended up going to the Internet to search Google Book Search for further information in other books.
I was interested in exploring further the story behind International Harvester's manufacture of tractors in Neuss Germany before, during and after World War Two.
The Google Book Search helped me discover a book titled Farmall Tractors in the 1950's that offered some basic additional information on this topic. A web search brought a few basic resources. One of these is a website dealing with IH tractor production at Neuss from 1908-1997
I am interested in the global connections of corporate interests with Nazi Germany during the 30's and 40's. It is interesting to find that the interests of global business often ran counter to those of politicians.
We live in an age where we assume that increased global connectedness makes us safer. This is true to a certain extent. Democracy and interconnectedness tend to be key preventers of war. This said, the historic involvement of some global corporations with one of the darkest governments in history makes me want to learn more
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