Our Purpose is to Serve
by David Danbom
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David Danbom's "Our Purpose is to Serve" is a probing, insightful and lively history of the first hundred years of the North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station. The NDAES began in 1890 as one of a national network of state research facilities created by Congress in the Hatch Act of 1887. Through the years the NDAES has been an important part of the national as well as an international scientific community. But, as the author relates, it is also an integral part of the state of North Dakota. It is unique because it is the only research institution in the world devoted to North Dakota agriculture and its problems. As such, its story is closely intertwined with the story of the state and its agricultural tradition. The NDAES has devoted itself throughout its history to improving agriculture in the state and to enhancing the well-being of North Dakota farmers. This book is the story of how it has attempted to reach these goals, the difficulties it has encountered and the successes it has achieved along the way. |
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
David
Danbom has gained a national reputation as an agricultural and social historian
since he joined the history department of North Dakota State University in 1974.
A native of Denver, Danbom earned his bachelor's degree at Colorado State University
and his doctorate at Stanford University. He is the author of two other books,
The Resisted Revolution: Urban America and the Industrialization of Agriculture,
1900-1930, and The World of Hope: Progressives and the Struggle for an
Ethical Public Life. Both have received excellent reviews. Danbom
has also published many articles which have appeared in national and regional
journals.
His fellow agricultural historians demonstrated their admiration for Danbom by selecting him to be president of the Agricultural History Society during 1990-91. He also served as executive secretary of the Red River Valley Heritage Society. In addition to his achievements in research, Danbom is an outstanding teacher who is highly esteemed by his students for his stimulating and humorous lectures.
