02856nam 2200709Ia 450 991082297630332120200520144314.0979-88-908737-0-50-8078-7505-8(CKB)111056486672372(EBL)413249(OCoLC)70730743(SSID)ssj0000274086(PQKBManifestationID)11219549(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000274086(PQKBWorkID)10323514(PQKB)10347518(MiAaPQ)EBC413249(EXLCZ)9911105648667237220010507d2001 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWorking the garden American writers and the industrialization of agriculture /William Conlogue1st ed.Chapel Hill University of North Carolina Pressc20011 online resource (240 p.)Studies in rural cultureDescription based upon print version of record.0-8078-2668-5 Includes biliographical references (p. [209]-224) and index.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 culture.American literature20th centuryHistory and criticismAgriculture in literatureAgricultureEconomic aspectsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryPastoral literature, AmericanHistory and criticismIndustrialization in literatureRural conditions in literatureFarm life in literatureGardens in literatureAmerican literatureHistory and criticism.Agriculture in literature.AgricultureEconomic aspectsHistoryPastoral literature, AmericanHistory and criticism.Industrialization in literature.Rural conditions in literature.Farm life in literature.Gardens in literature.810.9/321734Conlogue William1653039Kirby Jack Temple1612839MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910822976303321Working the garden4201641UNINA