Kind of Fate: Agricultural Change in Virginia, 1861-1920Purdue University Press, 2002 - 256 pages A Kind Of Fate: Agricultural Change In Virginia, 1861-1920 surveys farming in Virginia through the experiences of Jacob Manning and his son James. We read about their individual struggles, the impact of the Civil War, contrasts between farming and country life, Jacob having to farm through the harsh times of the Civil War, his son James farming experiences during a post-war time of rising prosperity. Author Terry Sharrer (curator of health sciences at the Smithsonian Institutions, Washington, D.C.) focuses on the changes in agriculture and its shift from crop-focused to livestock-dominated farming. |
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... Farmers and Tenants 178 The Rural Life Movement in Virginia 186 End of an Era 204 Conclusion : Two Generations Bibliography Index 213 221 243 49 388 37 38 3533 23 30 xi ix ACKNOWLEDGMENTS iving in a part of Virginia where corn and.
... Farmers and Tenants 178 The Rural Life Movement in Virginia 186 End of an Era 204 Conclusion : Two Generations Bibliography Index 213 221 243 49 388 37 38 3533 23 30 xi ix ACKNOWLEDGMENTS iving in a part of Virginia where corn and.
Page xvi
... rural reform movement in which educational and Prohibition leaders genuinely re- flected what country people wanted . However , those leaders were often directly or indirectly responsible for the beginning of Virginia's consti ...
... rural reform movement in which educational and Prohibition leaders genuinely re- flected what country people wanted . However , those leaders were often directly or indirectly responsible for the beginning of Virginia's consti ...
Page xvii
... rural life much as Ellen Glasgow portrayed . The next three chapters portray the second generation : " Professing Change " discusses the germ theory of disease as a motivator of scientific and educational change ; " The New Farming ...
... rural life much as Ellen Glasgow portrayed . The next three chapters portray the second generation : " Professing Change " discusses the germ theory of disease as a motivator of scientific and educational change ; " The New Farming ...
Page xix
... rural life , There indeed seem to be parallels between the generational junctures of the 1890s and the 1990s , VIRGINIA'S COUNTRYSIDES Before starting off , it is important to get a feel for the lay of the land , or the cultural ...
... rural life , There indeed seem to be parallels between the generational junctures of the 1890s and the 1990s , VIRGINIA'S COUNTRYSIDES Before starting off , it is important to get a feel for the lay of the land , or the cultural ...
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Page xiv - ... appeared to shrink into the "old fields," where scrub pine or oak succeeded broomsedge and sassafras as inevitably as autumn slipped into winter. Now and then a new start would be made. Some thrifty settler, a German Catholic, perhaps, who was trying his fortunes in a staunch Protestant community, would buy a mortgaged farm for a dollar an acre, and begin to experiment with suspicious, strange-smelling fertilizers. For a season or two his patch of ground would respond to the unusual treatment...