{"product_id":"standing-their-ground-9780190616731","title":"Standing Their Ground","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe transformation of agriculture was one of the most far-reaching developments of the modern era. In analyzing how and why this change took place in the United States, scholars have most often focused on Midwestern family farmers, who experienced the change during the first half of the twentieth century, and southern sharecroppers, swept off the land by forces beyond their control. Departing from the conventional story, this book focuses on small farm owners in North Carolina from the post-Civil War era to the post-Civil Rights era. It reveals that the transformation was more protracted and more contested than historians have understood it to be. Even though the number of farm owners gradually declined over the course of the century, the desire to farm endured among landless farmers, who became landowners during key moments of opportunity. Moreover, this book departs from other studies by considering all farm owners as a single class, rejecting the widespread approach of segregating b\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the H.L. Mitchell Award of the Southern Historical Association\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Theodore Saloutos Award of the Agricultural History Society\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents  Map of Southeastern North Carolina  Introduction    Chapter 1: On Their Farms and Among Their Pines: The Lower Cape Fear on the Eve of the Civil War    Chapter 2: Land for the Poor: The Rise of Small Farm Owners in the Age of Commercial Agriculture    Chapter 3: Keep the Stock Law Off Of Us: Defending the Open Range    Chapter 4: You Can't Eat Tobacco: The Politics of Self Sufficiency    Chapter 5: The Right of the Little Man to Live: Small Farm Owners and the Agricultural Adjustment Act    Chapter 6: From Foxholes to Farms: The GI Bill and the Enduring Agrarian Ideal   Chapter 7: Nice Work If You Can Get It: Small Farm Owners and Part-Time Work  Chapter 8: These Catastrophe Days: Federal Farm Policy During the 1950s  Chapter 9: Nailing the Small Farmer in the Coffin: The Politics of Tobacco and the Agrarian Ideal       Conclusion  Bibliography  Notes  Index","brand":"Oxford University Press Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51742119526743,"sku":"9780190616731","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780190616731.jpg?v=1758380588","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/standing-their-ground-9780190616731","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}