Working the garden : American writers and the industrialization of agriculture / William Conlogue.
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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Chapel Hill :
University of North Carolina Press,
©2001.
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| Series: | Studies in rural culture.
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| Summary: | 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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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (230 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-224) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0807875058 9780807875056 9780807826683 0807826685 9780807849941 0807849944 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |