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Farming is essential to the American economy and our daily lives, yet few of us have much contact with farmers except through the food we eat. Who are America's farmers? Why is farming important to them? How are they coping with dramatic changes to their way of life? In the Blood paints a vivid and moving portrait of America's farm families, sheddi



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"A vivid and moving portrait of America's farm families."--Bookseller Buyer's Guide "An important book for rural sociologists."--Choice

Table of Contents
Introduction 1 1 Families 12 2 Neighbors 46 3 Faith 72 4 Independence 95 5 The Land 119 6 Technology 140 7 Markets 163 Afterword 185 Appendix 191 Notes 199 Index 219

In the Blood

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      Publisher Princeton University Press
      Published 1 September 2015
      ISBN-13 9780691167091
      978-0691167091
      ISBN-10 0691167095
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      Sociology: family, kinship and relationships Sociology: work and labour

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Farming is essential to the American economy and our daily lives, yet few of us have much contact with farmers except through the food we eat. Who are America's farmers? Why is farming important to them? How are they coping with dramatic changes to their way of life? In the Blood paints a vivid and moving portrait of America's farm families, sheddi



      Trade Review
      "A vivid and moving portrait of America's farm families."--Bookseller Buyer's Guide "An important book for rural sociologists."--Choice

      Table of Contents
      Introduction 1 1 Families 12 2 Neighbors 46 3 Faith 72 4 Independence 95 5 The Land 119 6 Technology 140 7 Markets 163 Afterword 185 Appendix 191 Notes 199 Index 219

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