The Countryside in the Age of Capitalist Transformation: Essays in the Social History of Rural America

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Steven Hahn, Jonathan Prude
UNC Press Books, 1985 - 355 стор.
This volume represents one of the first efforts to harvest the rapidly emerging scholarship in the field of American rural history. Building on the insights and methodologies that social historians have directed toward urban life, the contributors explore
 

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Introduction
1 Dams Fish and Farmers DEFENSE OF PUBLIC RIGHTS IN EIGHTEENTHCENTURY RHODE ISLAND
15
2 Women and Outwork in a NineteenthCentury New England Town FITZWILLIAM NEW HAMPSHIRE I83OI850
41
3 TownFactory Conflicts in Antebellum Rural Massachusetts
61
4 One of the Primitive Sort PORTRAIT MAKERS OF THE RURAL NORTH I760I860
93
5 Traditional Culture and Moral Economy SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CHANGE IN THE SOUTH CAROLINA LOW COUNTRY I 865I910
131
6 The Unmaking of the Southern Yeomanry THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE GEORGIA UPCOUNTRY I 860189O
169
7 Sandy Land and Hogs in the Timber AGRlCULTURAL ORIGINS OF THE FARMERS ALLIANCE IN TEXAS
195
8 OpenCountry Community SUGAR CREEK ILLINOIS 182O185O
223
9 Peasant Pioneers GENERATIONAL SUCCESSION AMONG GERMAN FARMERS IN FRONTIER MINNESOTA
249
10 From Bondage to Contract ETHNIC LABOR IN THE AMERICAN WEST I 6001890
283
11 Staying Down on the Farm SOCIAL PROCESSES OF SETTLED RURAL LIFE IN THE NINETEENTHCENTURY NORTH
317
Contributors
335
Index
337
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Steve Hahn is associate professor of history at the University of California, San Diego. Jonathan Prude is associate professor of history at Emory University.

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