Back to the land : the enduring dream of self-sufficiency in modern America / Dona Brown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brown, Dona.

Series:

Studies in American thought and culture.

Studies in American thought and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urban-rural migration--United States--History.

Urban-rural migration.

Self-reliant living--United States--History.

Self-reliant living.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (303 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Back-to-the-landers have often been viewed as nostalgic escapists or romantic nature-lovers. But their own words and those of their readers reveal a more complex story. The return to the farm, Dona Brown finds, means less a going-backwards than a going-forwards, a way to meet the challenges of the modern era. In seeking their rural roots, Americans strive above all for the self-sufficiency they associate with the agrarian ideal.

Contents:

pt. 1. The first American back-to-the-land movement

pt. 2. Returning to back to the land.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613114297

9781283114295

1283114291

9780299250737

0299250733

OCLC:

741558507