Shelter from the machine : homesteaders in the age of capitalism / Jason G. Strange.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Strange, Jason G., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Self-reliant living--Appalachian Region, Southern.

Self-reliant living.

Self-reliant living--Kentucky.

Frontier and pioneer life--Appalachian Region, Southern.

Frontier and pioneer life.

Frontier and pioneer life--Kentucky.

Social conditions.

Sociology, Rural.

Subsistence economy.

Kentucky.

Subsistence economy--Appalachian Region, Southern.

Subsistence economy--Kentucky.

Sociology, Rural--Appalachian Region, Southern.

Sociology, Rural--Kentucky.

Appalachian Region, Southern--Social conditions--21st century.

Appalachian Region, Southern.

Kentucky--Social conditions--21st century.

United States--Rural conditions.

United States.

Rural conditions.

Southern Appalachian Region.

Physical Description:

xix, 304 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2020]

Summary:

"'You're either buried with your crystals or your shotgun.' That laconic comment captures the hippies-versus-hicks conflict that divides, and in some ways defines, modern-day homesteaders. It also reveals that back to-the-landers, though they may seek lives off the grid, remain connected to the most pressing questions confronting the United States today. Jason Strange shows where homesteaders fit, and don't fit, within contemporary America. Blending history with personal stories, Strange visits pig roasts and bohemian work parties to find people engaged in a lifestyle that offers challenge and fulfillment for those in search of virtues like self-employment, frugality, contact with nature, and escape from the mainstream. He also lays bare the vast differences in education and opportunity that leave some homesteaders dispossessed while charting the tensions that arise when people seek refuge from the ills of modern society -- only to find themselves indelibly marked by the system they dreamed of escaping"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Heaven in a flower

You can see other people's poop

A buzzel about Kantuck

You can't eat scenery

Never seen so much hair in your life

Ain't nothin' in them books

I haven't felt my hands in years

Hard living

Don't need their coal

Epilogue: Without a chief.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-296) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Strange, Jason G. Shelter from the machine.

ISBN:

9780252043031

0252043030

9780252084898

0252084896

OCLC:

1114274363