| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 219 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-200) and index. |
| Contents |
List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Mule Ascendant: Oxen, Horses, and Mules; 2. Supplying the South: Mule Breeding and Mule Trading; 3. An Unrealized Dream: Local Mule Production; 4. Debating Farm Power: The USDA, the Midwest, Mules, and Tractors; 5. Successful Farming Defi ned: The Tractor Triumphant; 6. The Transitional South: Mules, Metaphors, and Modernization; Conclusion; Abbreviations; Notes; Note on Sources; Index. |
| Summary |
Describes the adoption of the mule as the major agricultural resource in the American South and its later displacement by the mechanical tractor. This title captures the symbiosis that emerged between animal and man to illuminate why and how the mule became a standard feature in Southern folk culture. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Mules -- Southern States -- History.
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Mules. |
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Southern States. |
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History. |
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Farm tractors -- Southern States -- History.
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Farm tractors. |
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Agricultural innovations -- Southern States -- History.
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Agricultural innovations. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books -- History.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Ellenberg, George B., 1958- Mule South to tractor South. Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2007 9780817315979 0817315977 (DLC) 2007026071 (OCoLC)153597775 |
| ISBN |
9780817380380 (electronic book) |
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0817380388 (electronic book) |
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9780817315979 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0817315977 (alkaline paper) |
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