Cover Page; The Fruits of Their Labor; Copyright Page; Contents; Illustrations and Maps; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Epigraph; Introduction; 1: A Perfectly Irresistible Change; 2: The Sacrifice of Golden Boys and Girls; 3: Progressives as Padroni; 4: Work or Fight; 5: The Sunshine State Meets the Garden State; 6: Wards of the State; 7: Uncle Sam as Padrone; 8: The Union as Padrone; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary
This study consolidates, refines, advances and grounds recent scholarship that challenges familiar platitudes about family farming and rural life in the United States. Its approach yields a depth of information about farming culture not usually found in the literature on rural America. The book takes the reader on a cultural tour of a cherished American institution and landscape: midwestern farm families and their farms
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-273) and index
