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1 online resource (xi, 281 pages) |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
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text file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Summary |
This work explores a local iteration of a profound human experience: the transformation of agriculture. Focusing on small farm owners in North Carolina, it argues that they resisted changes to farming that did not square with their agrarian ideology. |
Contents |
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Map of Southeastern North Carolina; Introduction; 1. On Their Farms and Among Their Pines: The Lower Cape Fear on the Eve of the Civil War; 2. Land for the Poor: The Rise of Small Farm Owners in the Age of Commercial Agriculture; 3. Keep the Stock Law Off of Us: Defending the Open Range; 4. You Can't Eat Tobacco: The Politics of Self-Sufficiency; 5. The Right of the Little Man to Live: Small Farm Owners and the Agricultural Adjustment Act; 6. From Foxholes to Farms: The GI Bill and the Enduring Agrarian Ideal |
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7. Nice Work If You Can Get It: Small Farm Owners and Part-Time Work8. These Catastrophe Days: Federal Farm Policy During the 1950s; 9. Nailing the Small Farmer in the Coffin: The Politics of Tobacco and the Agrarian Ideal; Conclusion; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Farmers -- North Carolina -- History.
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Farmers. |
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North Carolina. |
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History. |
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Farms, Small -- North Carolina -- History.
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Farms, Small. |
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Agriculture -- North Carolina -- History.
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Agriculture. |
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North Carolina -- History -- 1865-
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Chronological Term |
1865- |
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Since 1865 |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Petty, Adrienne Monteith, 1971- Standing their ground 9780199938520 (DLC) 2013009335 (OCoLC)841769280 |
ISBN |
9780199938537 (electronic book) |
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0199938539 (electronic book) |
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9780199938520 |
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0199938520 |
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