"At first glance, Colorado's eastern plains appear similar to the other plains that surround it, but Michael Weeks's book on the northeastern section of Colorado (the Colorado Piedmont) and the industries that developed there explains the complicated relationship between this region, the rest of the state, and to some extent the rest of the American West. That alone makes this work a tremendous contribution to Colorado history."—Jonathan Rees, H-Environment
"[Cattle Beet Capital is] a valuable resource for readers interested in the agricultural and environmental history of the American West."—E. G. Harrington, Choice
"Cattle Beet Capital makes an important reading for anyone interested in how nature, capital, farmers, and the state interacted—in the West and beyond—to create a pillar of the industrial food system in the United States."—Joshua Nygren, Western Historical Quarterly
“This is an important story about the development of factory farming in the Colorado Piedmont in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s. One key intervention that Weeks makes is placing the story of the Colorado Piedmont at the center of the history about the growth of irrigated agribusiness in the West. Cattle Beet Capital makes important contributions to environmental history, agricultural history, and business history as well.”—Bartow J. Elmore, author of Citizen Coke: The Making of Coca-Cola Capitalism
“[Weeks] has uncovered loads of fascinating new material, especially from archives, that makes this story interesting and revealing. Cattle Beet Capital offers a fresh and original story that should inspire others. This will make an important contribution to agricultural, environmental, and regional history.”—Deborah Fitzgerald, author of Every Farm a Factory: The Industrial Ideal in American Agriculture
