At Home in the Hoosier Hills: Agriculture, Politics, and Religion in Southern Indiana, 1810-1870

by Richard F. Nation

This book explores the lives and worldviews of Indiana's southern hill-country residents during much of the 19th century. Focusing on local institutions, political, economic, and religious, it gives voice to the plain farmers of the region and reveals the world as they saw it. For them, faith in local institutions reflected a distrust of distant markets and politicians. Localism saw its expression in the Democratic Party's anti-federalist strain,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 025334591X
• ISBN13: 9780253345912
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.5"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher