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Repurposing the Great Grain Robbery in Canada

dc.contributor.advisorWaiser, William A.en_US
dc.contributor.committeeMemberCunfer, Geoffen_US
dc.contributor.committeeMemberZellar, Garyen_US
dc.creatorLarsen, Lauraen_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-01-03T22:33:47Z
dc.date.available2013-01-03T22:33:47Z
dc.date.created2012-08en_US
dc.date.issued2012-09-24en_US
dc.date.submittedAugust 2012en_US
dc.description.abstractThe "Great Grain Robbery" was a term applied to describe the 1972 Soviet-American grain sales when the Soviets bought large quantities of U.S. grain at low prices. Due to their high demand being hidden by the requirements for secrecy in the sale, market prices did not increase to match the increased Soviet demand. As a result many American farmers concluded they missed out on the true value of their grain. Canadian farmers, however, sold their grain through the single-desk Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) which used pooling. They consequently benefitted from the Soviet purchases and did well from the increased Soviet demand. The "Great Grain Robbery" term was resurrected in the 1990s during the highly polarized debate over the value and continued relevance of the single-desk Canadian Wheat Board. It was also repurposed so that it no longer meant the 1972 Soviet-American grain sales. Instead, the "Great Grain Robbery" became a code-term that encompassed all the perceived problems with the Canadian Wheat Board. It became the main focus of the western Canadian agricultural community in the debate over agricultural policies, in particular "marketing freedom" by those opposed to the CWB.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10388/ETD-2012-08-629en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.subjectwestern Canadian historyen_US
dc.subjectAgricultureen_US
dc.subjectCanadian Wheat Boarden_US
dc.subjectfarmingen_US
dc.subjectfarm politicsen_US
dc.subjectAlbertaen_US
dc.subjectSaskatchewanen_US
dc.subjectManitobaen_US
dc.subjectGreat Grain Robberyen_US
dc.titleRepurposing the Great Grain Robbery in Canadaen_US
dc.type.genreThesisen_US
dc.type.materialtexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentHistoryen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineHistoryen_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Saskatchewanen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (M.A.)en_US

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