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- Pennsylvania Farming: A History in Landscapes
- Book
- 2017
- Published by: University of Pittsburgh Press
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Winner, 2018 Philip S. Klein Book Prize
Winner, 2020 SAH Antoinette Forrester Downing Book Award
Since precolonial times, agriculture has been deeply woven into the fabric of Pennsylvania’s history and culture. Pennsylvania Farming presents the first history of Pennsylvania agriculture in than more sixty years and offers a completely new perspective. Sally McMurry goes beyond a strictly economic approach and considers the diverse forces that helped shape the farming landscape, from physical factors to cultural repertoires to labor systems. Above all, the people who created and worked on Pennsylvania’s farms are placed at the center of attention. More than 150 photographs inform the interpretation, which offers a sweeping look at the evolution of Pennsylvania’s agricultural landscapes right up to the present day.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-x
- Introduction
- pp. xi-xvi
- Part I: Beginnings
- Part II: The Era of Regionalism, circa 1830–1910
- Part III: The Diverse Landscapes of Modernization, circa 1910–1965
- Chapter 22. Amish Farming Landscapes
- pp. 314-332
- Part IV: Pennsylvania Farming in the Late Twentieth Century
- Chapter 24. Alternative Voices
- pp. 355-365
- Bibliography
- pp. 409-450
Additional Information
ISBN
9780822983064
Related ISBN(s)
9780822945154
MARC Record
OCLC
1021029699
Pages
472
Launched on MUSE
2018-02-02
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2017