Bulldozer Revolutions: A Rural History of the Metropolitan South

by Andrew C. Baker

Book Overview

By examining the metropolitan fringes of Houston in Montgomery County, Texas, and Washington, D.C., in Loudoun County, Virginia, this book combines rural, environmental, and agricultural history to disrupt our view of the southern metropolis.

Andrew C. Baker examines the local boosters, gentlemen farmers, historical preservationists, and nature-seeking suburbanites who abandoned the city to live in the metropolitan countryside during the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820363642
• ISBN13: 9780820363646
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: University of Georgia Press
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"