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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780185203321

Autore

Conlogue William

Titolo

Working the garden [[electronic resource] ] : American writers and the industrialization of agriculture

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, 2002

ISBN

979-88-908737-0-5

0-8078-7505-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (240 p.)

Collana

Studies in Rural Culture

Disciplina

810.9/321734

813.509355

Soggetti

American literature

Literature

American literature - History and criticism - 20th century - United States

Agriculture in literature - Economic aspects - History - 20th century

Agriculture - History and criticism

Pastoral literature, American

Industrialization in literature

Rural conditions in literature

Farm life in literature

Gardens in literature

American Literature

English

Languages & Literatures

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

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;

Sommario/riassunto

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.