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Mixed harvest : the second great transformation in the rural North, 1870-1930 / Hal S. Barron.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Barron, Hal S.
- Series:
- Studies in rural culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social change.
- History.
- United States--Rural conditions.
- United States.
- Rural conditions.
- Social change--United States--History.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 301 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill, N.C. : University of North Carolina Press, 1997.
- Summary:
- How rural northerners from New England to North Dakota met the rise of industrial society and consumer culture. Between 1870 and 1930, communities in the rural North faced a number of challenges. Author Hal S. Barron shows that by consolidating traditional rural values and agrarian fundamentalism, country people successfully created a distinct rural subculture that continued well into the 20th century. Illustrated.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [247]-286) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0807823546
- 0807846597
- OCLC:
- 36066041
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