| Description |
1 online resource (230 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Studies in rural culture
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Studies in rural culture.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-224) and index. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
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 |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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American literature. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Agriculture in literature.
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Agriculture in literature. |
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Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Agriculture -- Economic aspects. |
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United States. |
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History. |
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Pastoral literature, American -- History and criticism.
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Pastoral literature, American. |
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Industrialization in literature.
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Industrialization in literature. |
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Rural conditions in literature.
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Rural conditions in literature. |
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Farm life in literature.
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Farm life in literature. |
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Gardens in literature.
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Gardens in literature. |
| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Kirby, Jack Temple.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Conlogue, William. Working the garden. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2001 0807826685 (DLC) 2001027914 (OCoLC)47018437 |
| ISBN |
0807875058 (electronic book) |
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9780807875056 (electronic book) |
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9780807826683 (cloth : alkaline paper) |
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0807826685 (cloth : alkaline paper) |
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9780807849941 (paperback : alkaline paper) |
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0807849944 (paperback : alkaline paper) |
