Sowing the American Dream: How Consumer Culture Took Root in the Rural Midwest

by David Blanke

Book Overview

From 1840 to 1900, midwestern Americans experienced firsthand the profound economic, cultural, and structural changes that transformed the nation from a premodern, agrarian state to one that was urban, industrial, and economically interdependent. Midwestern commercial farmers found themselves at the heart of these changes. Their actions and reactions led to the formation of a distinctive and particularly democratic consumer ethos, which is still...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821413481
• ISBN13: 9780821413487
• Release Date: December 2000
• Publisher: Ohio University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"