American writers and the industrialization of agriculture /
First Statement of Responsibility
William Conlogue.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Chapel Hill :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
University of North Carolina Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
c2001.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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230 p. :
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ill. ;
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24 cm.
SERIES
Series Title
Studies in rural culture
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-224) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Bonanza!: Origins of the New Agriculture -- Challenging the Agrarian Myth: Women's Visibility in the New Agriculture -- Disciplining the Farmer: Class and Agriculture in The Grapes of Wrath (1939) and Of Human Kindness (1940) -- Racism and Industrial Farming: Actos (1965) and A Gathering of Old Men (1983) -- From A Thousand Acres (1991) to "The Farm" (1998) -- Postscript: Fixing Fence.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Pastoral literature is examined in light of the agricultural and industrial changes in American economics during the turn of the century, as small family farms in the latter half of the nineteenth century evolved into larger agribusiness conglomerates.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Working the garden.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Agriculture-- Economic aspects-- United States-- History-- 20th century.
Agriculture in literature.
American literature-- 20th century-- History and criticism.
Farm life in literature.
Gardens in literature.
Industrialization in literature.
Pastoral literature, American-- History and criticism.