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by William Conlogue

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In 1860 farmers accounted for 60 percent of the American workforce; in 1910, 30.5 percent; by 1994, there were too few to warrant a separate census category. The changes wrought by the decline of family farming and the rise of industrial agribusiness typically have been viewed through historical, economic, and political lenses. But as William Conlogue demonstrates, some of the most vital and incisive debates on the subject have occurred in a site that is perhaps less obvious -- literature.

Conlogue refutes the critical tendency to treat farm-centered texts as pastorals, arguing that such an approach overlooks the diverse ways these works explore human relationships to the land. His readings of works by Willa Cather, Ruth Comfort Mitchell, John Steinbeck, Luis Valdez, Ernest Gaines, Jane Smiley, Wendell Berry, and others reveal that, through agricultural narratives, authors have addressed such wide-ranging subjects as the impact of technology on people and land, changing gender roles, environmental destruction, and the exploitation of migrant workers. In short, Conlogue offers fresh perspectives on how writers confront issues whose site is the farm but whose impact reaches every corner of American society.

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Working his fields, a farmer comes to know them; a wet spot, rock ledge, or woodchuck hole is a familiar sight.

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  • Title Working the Garden: American Writers and the Industrialization of Agriculture
  • Author William Conlogue
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 242
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.A.
  • Publication date 2002-01-21
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780807849941 / 0807849944
  • Weight 0.74 lbs (0.34 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.2 x 5.78 x 0.56 in (23.37 x 14.68 x 1.42 cm)
  • Category Literature - Classics / Criticism
  • Library of Congress subjects American literature - 20th century - History, Gardens in literature
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2001027914
  • Dewey Decimal Code 810.932

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  • Choice, 06/01/2002, Page 1766
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