Title Working the garden : American writers and the industrialization of agriculture / William Conlogue

Published Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2001

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Description 1 online resource (230 pages) : illustrations Series Studies in rural culture Studies in rural culture. Contents Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Bonanza!; 2. Challenging the Agrarian Myth; 3. Disciplining the Farmer; 4. Racism and Industrial Farming; 5. From A Thousand Acres (1991) to "The Farm" (1998); Postscript; Notes; Works Cited; Index Summary In 1860 farmers accounted for 60 per cent of the US workforce; in 1910, 30.5 percent; by 1994 there were too few to warrant a separate census category. This study demonstrates the debates on the changes in family farming that occurred in literature Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-224) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism Agriculture in literature. Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century Pastoral literature, American -- History and criticism Industrialization in literature. Rural conditions in literature. Farm life in literature. Gardens in literature. Agriculture in rabbinical literature. LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General. Agriculture in rabbinical literature Agriculture -- Economic aspects Agriculture in literature American literature Farm life in literature Gardens in literature Industrialization in literature Pastoral literature, American Rural conditions in literature Literatur Landwirtschaft Industrialisierung Bellettrie. Agrarische maatschappij. Landbouw. Industrialisatie. Landbouweconomie. Tuinbouw. Geschichte 1880-1998. United States Amerika Verenigde Staten. Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book Author Kirby, Jack Temple ISBN 0807875058 9780807875056 9780807826683 0807826685 9780807849941 0807849944

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