03123nam 22008172u 450 991078018520332120230607213457.0979-88-908737-0-50-8078-7505-8(CKB)111056486672372(EBL)413249(OCoLC)70730743(SSID)ssj0000274086(PQKBManifestationID)11219549(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000274086(PQKBWorkID)10323514(PQKB)10347518(MiAaPQ)EBC413249(EXLCZ)9911105648667237220100913d2002|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrWorking the garden[electronic resource] American writers and the industrialization of agricultureChapel Hill University of North Carolina Press20021 online resource (240 p.)Studies in Rural CultureDescription based upon print version of record.0-8078-2668-5 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;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.Studies in Rural CultureAmerican literatureLiteratureAmerican literatureHistory and criticism20th centuryUnited StatesAgriculture in literatureEconomic aspectsHistory20th centuryAgricultureHistory and criticismPastoral literature, AmericanIndustrialization in literatureRural conditions in literatureFarm life in literatureGardens in literatureAmerican LiteratureHILCCEnglishHILCCLanguages & LiteraturesHILCCAmerican literature.Literature.American literatureHistory and criticismAgriculture in literatureEconomic aspectsHistoryAgricultureHistory and criticismPastoral literature, AmericanIndustrialization in literatureRural conditions in literatureFarm life in literatureGardens in literatureAmerican LiteratureEnglishLanguages & Literatures810.9/321734813.509355Conlogue William1477556Kirby Jack TempleAU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910780185203321Working the garden3692763UNINA