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Autore |
Conlogue William |
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Titolo |
Working the garden : American writers and the industrialization of agriculture / / William Conlogue |
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Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2001 |
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ISBN |
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979-88-908737-0-5 |
0-8078-7505-8 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (240 p.) |
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Collana |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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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 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes biliographical references (p. [209]-224) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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; |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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