Working the Garden: American Writers and the Industrialization of Agriculture

by William Conlogue

Book Overview

In 1860 farmers accounted for 60 percent of the American workforce; in 1910, 30.5 percent; by 1994, there were too few to warrant a separate census category. The changes wrought by the decline of family farming and the rise of industrial agribusiness typically have been viewed through historical, economic, and political lenses. But as William Conlogue demonstrates, some of the most vital and incisive debates on the subject have occurred in a site...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807849944
• ISBN13: 9780807849941
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 9.2"