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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822976303321

Autore

Conlogue William

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2001

ISBN

979-88-908737-0-5

0-8078-7505-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (240 p.)

Collana

Studies in rural culture

Altri autori (Persone)

KirbyJack Temple

Disciplina

810.9/321734

Soggetti

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

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes biliographical references (p. [209]-224) and index.

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.