Reviews
A delightful story tracing the social history of U.S. farmers. The book details the attitudes and social life of farm people—how they looked at themselves and how the rest of society saw them.
An extremely well-written narrative that presents its information accurately. Danbom's book can well serve the classroom teacher and general reader.
A highly readable and useful survey.
An accessible text for general scholarship and undergraduate courses.
A balanced economic, social, political, and technological history of rural America. [Born in the Country] is a splendid book, rich with detail and complex in argument. A superb introduction to American history.
Book Details
Preface to the Third Edition
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the First Edition
1. Rural Europe and Pre-Columbian America
2. The Rural Development of English North America
3. Maturity and Its
Preface to the Third Edition
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the First Edition
1. Rural Europe and Pre-Columbian America
2. The Rural Development of English North America
3. Maturity and Its Discontents
4. Agriculture and Economic Growth in the Young Republic
5. Rural Life in the Young Nation
6. The Unmaking and Remaking of the Rural South
7. Rural America in the Age of Industrialization
8. Prosperity and Its Discontents
9. From the Best of Times to the Worst
10. The New Deal and Rural America
11. The Production Revolution and the New Agriculture
12. Agriculture and Rural Life in the Twenty-First Century
Notes
Suggestions for Further Reading
Index