Working the Garden: American Writers and the Industrialization of Agriculture
(Part of the Studies in Rural Culture Series)
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In 1860 farmers accounted for 60 percent of the American workforce; in 1910, 30.5 percent; by 1994, there were too few to warrant a separate census category. The changes wrought by the decline of family farming and the rise of industrial agribusiness typically have been viewed through historical, economic, and political lenses. But as William Conlogue demonstrates, some of the most vital and incisive debates on the subject have occurred in a site...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0807849944
ISBN13:9780807849941
Release Date:January 2002
Publisher:University of North Carolina Press
Length:242 Pages
Weight:0.75 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 5.8" x 9.2"
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