{"product_id":"born-in-the-country-david-b-danbom-9781421423357","title":"Born in the Country: A History of Rural America","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe definitive history of life in rural America.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout most of its history, America has been a rural nation, largely made up of farmers. David B. Danbom's \u003ci\u003eBorn in the Country\u003c\/i\u003e was the first--and still is the only--general history of rural America. Ranging from pre-Columbian times to the enormous changes of the twentieth century, the book masterfully integrates agricultural, technological, and economic themes with new questions about the American experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDanbom employs the stories of particular farm families to illustrate the experiences of rural people. This substantially revised and updated third edition \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- expands and deepens its coverage of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries\u003cbr\u003e- focuses on the changes in agriculture and rural life in the progressive and New Deal eras as well as the massive shifts that have taken place since 1945\u003cbr\u003e- adds new information about African American and Native American agricultural experiences\u003cbr\u003e- discusses the decline of agriculture as a productive enterprise and its impact on farm families and communities\u003cbr\u003e- explores rural culture, gender issues, agriculture, and the environment\u003cbr\u003e- traces the relationship among farmers, agribusiness, and consumers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a new and provocative concluding chapter, Danbom reflects on increasing consumer disenchantment with and resistance to modern agriculture as well as the transformation of rural America into a place where farmers are a shrinking minority. Ultimately, he asks whether a distinctive style of rural life exists any longer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David B. Danbom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1421423359\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781421423357\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.70d","brand":"David B. Danbom","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43986115330303,"sku":"9781421423357","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_756d4e28-d3cd-40a1-8669-0bdaec6f6311.jpg?v=1683281446","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/born-in-the-country-david-b-danbom-9781421423357","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}