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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Conlogue, William. Working the garden. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2001 (OCoLC)606637322 |
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| Material Type: | Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
William Conlogue; Jack Temple Kirby |
| ISBN: | 0807826685 9780807826683 0807849944 9780807849941 |
| OCLC Number: | 47018437 |
| Description: | 230 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | 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. |
| Series Title: | Studies in rural culture. |
| Responsibility: | William Conlogue. |
| More information: |
Abstract:
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.
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- 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.
- Littérature américaine -- 20e siècle -- Histoire et critique.
- Agriculture dans la littérature rabbinique.
- Agriculture -- Aspect économique -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 20e siècle.
- Littérature pastorale américaine -- Histoire et critique.
- Industrialisation dans la littérature.
- Conditions rurales dans la littérature.
- Vie à la ferme dans la littérature.
- Jardins dans la littérature.
- Letterkunde.
- Agrarische maatschappij.
- Landbouw.
- Industrialisatie.
- Landbouweconomie.
- Tuinbouw.
- Literatur.
- Landwirtschaft.
- Industrialisierung.
- Geschichte 1880-1998.
- Amerika.
