Pennsylvania farming : a history in landscapes / Sally McMurry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McMurry, Sally Ann, 1954- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agriculture--Pennsylvania--History.

Agriculture.

Farms--Pennsylvania--History.

Farms.

History.

Pennsylvania.

Physical Description:

xiii, 456 pages : illustrations, map ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2017]

Contents:

Part I Beginnings

Chapter 1 Colonial Pennsylvania Farming and the Atlantic World 3

Chapter 2 Transformations in the New Republic, circa 1780-1830 19

Part II The Era of Regionalism, Circa 1830-1910

Chapter 3 Pennsylvania's Farming Regions Evolve 39

Chapter 4 Farm and City in Southeastern Pennsylvania, circa 1830-1910 49

Chapter 5 Transformations on the Lancaster Plain: The Rise of America's "Banner County" 62

Chapter 6 A Different Rhythm: York and Adams Counties 79

Chapter 7 Landlords and Tenants in the Ridge and Valley Region 95

Chapter 8 The Susquehanna Lowlands: A Little Bit of Everything 112

Chapter 9 Grassland Farming in the Northern Tier 124

Chapter 10 Northwestern Pennsylvania: "A Hard Soil and a Fickle Climate" 141

Chapter 11 Southwestern Pennsylvania: Riding a Wool Wave 153

Chapter 12 Farms, Mines, and Industry on the Allegheny Mountain Plateau 166

Part III The Diverse Landscapes of Modernization, Circa 1910-1965

Chapter 13 Modernization Comes to the Pennsylvania Farm 185

Chapter 14 Cows and Chickens: Statewide Trends toward Dairy and Poultry Production 193

Chapter 15 Persistent Localism: Local Marketing and Farm Household Self-Provisioning, circa 1910-1965 216

Chapter 16 Potatoes in Dutch Country: Lehigh County, circa 1910-1960 228

Chapter 17 Potter County, Unlikely Stop on the "Florida Itinerary" 241

Chapter 18 Provisioning Tourists: Farming in the Pocono Region, circa 1865-1960 255

Chapter 19 The Lake Erie Fruit and Vegetable Belt 269

Chapter 20 Apples in Adams: The Rise of the Adams County Fruit Belt, 1875-1960 283

Chapter 21 Mushroom Country: How a Fungus Became Pennsylvania's Top "Vegetable" 299

Chapter 22 Amish Farming Landscapes 314

Part IV Pennsylvania Farming in the Late Twentieth Century

Chapter 23 Swimming with the Agricultural Mainstream: Pennsylvania Farm Landscapes since 1960 335

Chapter 24 Alternative Voices 355.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-450) and index.

ISBN:

9780822945154

0822945150

OCLC:

1017661439