Putting the barn before the house : women and family farming in early-twentieth-century New York / Grey Osterud.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Osterud, Nancy Grey, 1948-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women in agriculture--New York (State)--Nanticoke Valley--History--20th century.

Women in agriculture.

Rural women--New York (State)--Nanticoke Valley--History--20th century.

Rural women.

Family farms--New York (State)--Nanticoke Valley--History--20th century.

Family farms.

Farm life--New York (State)--Nanticoke Valley--History--20th century.

Farm life.

History.

Nanticoke Valley (N.Y.)--Rural conditions.

Nanticoke Valley (N.Y.).

New York (State)--Nanticoke Valley.

Physical Description:

x, 277 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2012.

Contents:

Introduction : the Nanticoke Valley in the early twentieth century

Putting the barn before the house

Women's place on the land

"Buying a farm on a small capital"

The transformation of agriculture and the rural economy

Sharing and dividing farm work

Intergenerational and marital partnerships

Wage-earning and farming families

Negotiating working relationships

Forming cooperatives and taking collective action

Home economics and farm family economies

Conclusion : gender, mutuality, and community in retrospect.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780801450280

0801450284

OCLC:

758244067