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"This book is a valuable contribution to the growing conversation that examines literary handling of food and agriculture as a crucial junction of nature and culture."—Daniel Clausen, Western American Literature
"Dolan's book is a solid and engaging study of nineteenth-century cultural criticism of agriculture and foodways that should find a ready audience."—Drew Swanson, Studies in American Naturalism

“Beyond the Fruited Plain poses a terrifically useful expansion of our understanding of how food-related discourse in the period was incorporated by literary artists, as well as how those artists turned their craft to the purpose of advocating for alternatives.”—Nicolas S. Witschi, coeditor of Dirty Words in Deadwood: Literature and the Postwestern



Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Fruits of Expansion1. Expanding Agriculture2. Local Beans, Apples, and Berries3. Fruits of Regionalism4. Sweet Empires of Labor5. The Wheat Strikes BackEpilogue: Fruits of GlobalizationNotesBibliography

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      Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
      Publication Date: 01/12/2014
      ISBN13: 9780803249882, 978-0803249882
      ISBN10: 0803249888
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      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review
      "This book is a valuable contribution to the growing conversation that examines literary handling of food and agriculture as a crucial junction of nature and culture."—Daniel Clausen, Western American Literature
      "Dolan's book is a solid and engaging study of nineteenth-century cultural criticism of agriculture and foodways that should find a ready audience."—Drew Swanson, Studies in American Naturalism

      “Beyond the Fruited Plain poses a terrifically useful expansion of our understanding of how food-related discourse in the period was incorporated by literary artists, as well as how those artists turned their craft to the purpose of advocating for alternatives.”—Nicolas S. Witschi, coeditor of Dirty Words in Deadwood: Literature and the Postwestern



      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgments
      Introduction: Fruits of Expansion1. Expanding Agriculture2. Local Beans, Apples, and Berries3. Fruits of Regionalism4. Sweet Empires of Labor5. The Wheat Strikes BackEpilogue: Fruits of GlobalizationNotesBibliography

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