Working the garden : American writers and the industrialization of agriculture / / William Conlogue
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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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| Pubblicazione: | Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2001 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (240 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 810.9/321734 |
| Soggetto topico: | 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 | |
| Altri autori: |
KirbyJack Temple
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| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Working the garden |
| ISBN: | 979-88-908737-0-5 |
| 0-8078-7505-8 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910822976303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Studies in rural culture.