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Author Bourne, Jenny (Professor of Economics), author

Title In essentials, unity : an economic history of the Grange movement / Jenny Bourne ; preface by Paul Finkelman and L. Diane Barnes
Published Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, 2017

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Description 1 online resource
Series New approaches to Midwestern history
Contents Illustrations; Series Editors' Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 "Our Agricultural Brotherhood"; 2 The Granger Railroad Laws; 3 The Grange's Ambitious Experiments with Private Cooperation; 4 The Grange as a Fraternal, Educational, and Charitable Organization; 5 Legacies of the Grange; Notes; References; Untitled
Summary "The Patrons of Husbandry--or the Grange--is the longest-lived U.S. agricultural society and, since its founding shortly after the Civil War, has had immeasurable influence on social change as enacted by ordinary Americans. The Grange sought to relieve the struggles of small farmers by encouraging collaboration. Pathbreaking for its inclusion of women, the Grange is also well known for its association with Gilded-Age laws aimed at curbing the monopoly power of railroads. In Essentials, Unity takes as its focus Grange founder Oliver Kelley and his home organization in Minnesota. Jenny Bourne draws upon numerous historical records to present a lively picture of a fraternal organization devoted to improving the lot of farmers but whose legacies extend far beyond agriculture. From struggles over minimum wage, birth control, and environmental regulation to the conflicts surrounding the Affordable Care act, and from lunch-counter sit-ins to Occupy Wall Street, the Grange has shaped the very notion of collective action and how it is deployed even today. As this compact book so effectively illustrates, the history of the Patrons of Husbandry exposes the classic tension between the desires for achieving overall economic success and for determining how the spoils are split"-- Provided by publisher
"The Patrons of Husbandry--or the Grange--is the longest-lived US agricultural society and, since its founding shortly after the Civil War, has had immeasurable influence on social change as enacted by ordinary Americans. The Grange sought to relieve the struggles of small farmers by encouraging collaboration. Pathbreaking for its inclusion of women, the Grange is also well known for its association with Gilded Age laws aimed at curbing the monopoly power of railroads. In Essentials, Unity takes as its focus Grange founder Oliver Kelley and his home organization in Minnesota. Jenny Bourne draws upon numerous historical records to present a lively picture of a fraternal organization devoted to improving the lot of farmers but whose legacies extend far beyond agriculture. From struggles over minimum wage, birth control, and environmental regulation to the conflicts surrounding the Affordable Care Act, and from lunch-counter sit-ins to Occupy Wall Street, the Grange has shaped the very notion of collective action and how it is deployed even today. As this compact book so effectively illustrates, the history of the Patrons of Husbandry exposes the classic tension between the desires for achieving overall economic success and determining how the spoils are split"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 6, 2017)
Subject National Grange -- History
SUBJECT National Grange fast
Subject Agricultural laborers -- Labor unions -- United States
Agricultural laborers -- United States -- Societies, etc
Agriculture -- United States -- Societies, etc
HISTORY -- United States -- 19th Century.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Agriculture & Food.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economic History.
HISTORY -- United States -- Civil War Period (1850-1877)
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Agronomy -- Crop Science.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Agronomy -- General.
HISTORY / United States / General
Agricultural laborers -- Labor unions
Agricultural laborers -- Societies, etc.
Agriculture -- Societies, etc.
United States
Genre/Form Ressources Internet
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780821445815
0821445812