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Between 1900 and 1940 American family farming gave way to what came to be called agribusiness. Government policies, consumer goods aimed at rural markets, and the increasing consolidation of agricultural industries all combined to bring about changes in farming strategies that had been in use since the frontier era. Because the Midwestern farm economy played an important part in the relations of family and community, new approaches to farm production meant new patterns in interpersonal relations as well. In Preserving the Family Farm Mary Neth focuses on these relations -- of gender and community -- to shed new light on the events of this crucial period.
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"Neth does not romanticize the hard work of farming in its less industrial stage; nor does she smooth over the deep division of class, race and ethnicity that existed in rural communities. Her careful and very human portrayal of the impact of these circumstances on the lives of farm women and men provides insight into the complexity of such communities, illustrating how the intersection of home, work and community is constantly changing, negotiable and gendered." -- Women's Review of Books
"This book is not just for historians but also for those who care about rural people and places and their meaning for America." -- Minnesota History
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Between 1900 and 1940 American family farming gave way to what came to be called agribusiness. Government policies, consumer goods aimed at rural markets, and the increasing consolidation of agricultural industries all combined to bring about changes in farming strategies that had been in use since the frontier era. Because the Midwestern farm economy played an important part in the relations of family and community, new approaches to farm production meant new patterns in interpersonal relations as well. In Preserving the Family Farm Mary Neth focuses on these relations -- of gender and community -- to shed new light on the events of this crucial period.
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1. The Erickson neighborhood, Johnson Township, Marathon Country, Wisconsin, 1912. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
poorer farm people, threshing rituals, neighboring practices, farm families meet, boarding work, threshing work, most farm people, many farm people, custom threshers, agricultural institutions, agricultural professionals, family labor system, family farm agriculture, commercial agricultural interests, farm youths, country life movement, county agent system, neighborhood exchange, farm survival, farm women, agricultural discontent, farm consolidation, farm daughters, commodity specializations, family survival strategies Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
North Dakota, New York, World War, Farm Bureaus, South Dakota, University of Wisconsin, Erickson Diaries, General Correspondence, Great Depression, United States, State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Nellie Kedzie Jones, Record Group, Powers Diaries, Progressive Era, Marathon County, New Deal, River Falls, Era Bell, Great Plains, Siebert Papers, Von Tungeln, Burke Papers, Activities of Rural Young People, Country Gentleman New!
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1. The Erickson neighborhood, Johnson Township, Marathon Country, Wisconsin, 1912. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
poorer farm people, threshing rituals, neighboring practices, farm families meet, boarding work, threshing work, most farm people, many farm people, custom threshers, agricultural institutions, agricultural professionals, family labor system, family farm agriculture, commercial agricultural interests, farm youths, country life movement, county agent system, neighborhood exchange, farm survival, farm women, agricultural discontent, farm consolidation, farm daughters, commodity specializations, family survival strategies Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
North Dakota, New York, World War, Farm Bureaus, South Dakota, University of Wisconsin, Erickson Diaries, General Correspondence, Great Depression, United States, State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Nellie Kedzie Jones, Record Group, Powers Diaries, Progressive Era, Marathon County, New Deal, River Falls, Era Bell, Great Plains, Siebert Papers, Von Tungeln, Burke Papers, Activities of Rural Young People, Country Gentleman New!
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