Ebook: The Countryside in the Age of the Modern State: Political Histories of Rural America
- Tags: Agricultural laborers -- United States -- History, Populism -- United States -- History, United States -- Rural conditions, Agricultural laborers, Populism, Rural conditions, United States
- Year: 2018
- Publisher: Cornell University Press
- City: Ithaca, Array
- Language: English
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"However urban the nation has become," Catherine McNicol Stock and Robert D. Johnston write, "twenty percent of its citizens still live outside major metropolitan areas. Moreover, rural economic activity—agricultural, extractive, recreational, and industrial—has an enormous impact on the nation's overall economic well-being. The stories of contemporary rural people still have the power to move us.... They reflect Read more...