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Jane Adams focuses on the transformation of rural life in Union County, Illinois, as she explores the ways in which American farming has been experienced and understood in the twentieth century. Reconstructing the histories of seven farms, she places the details of daily life within the context of political and economic change. Adams identifies contradictions that, on a personal level, influenced relations between children and parents, men and women, and bosses and laborers, and that, more generally, changed structures of power within the larger rural community. In this historical ethnography, Adams traces two contradictory narratives: one stresses plenitude -- rich networks of neighbors and kin, the ability to supply families from the farm, the generosity shown to those in need -- while the other stresses the acute hardships and oppressive class, gender, and age inequities that characterized farm life. The New Deal and World War II disrupted both patterns, as the increased capital necessary for successful farming forced many to move from agriculture to higher-paid nonfarm work. This shift also changed the structure of the farm household, as homes modernized and women found work off the farm. Adams concludes that large-scale bureaucracies leveled existing class distinctions and that community networks eroded as farmers came to realize an improved standard of living.

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  • Title The Transformation of Rural Life: Southern Illinois, 1890-1990
  • Author Jane Adams
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 9th
  • Edition 9
  • Pages 352
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.A.
  • Publication date 1994-12-16
  • Features Index, Maps, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780807844793 / 0807844799
  • Weight 1.15 lbs (0.52 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.13 x 5.75 x 1.04 in (23.19 x 14.61 x 2.64 cm)
  • Reading level 1380
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Midwest
    • Demographic Orientation: Rural
    • Geographic Orientation: Illinois
  • Category Archaeology / Anthropology
  • Library of Congress subjects Union County (Ill.) - Social life and customs, Union County (Ill.) - Rural conditions
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 94-4176
  • Dewey Decimal Code 977.399

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Jane Adams is associate professor of anthropology and associate professor of history at Southern Illinois University.

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