| Those Who Stayed Behind: Rural Society in Nineteenth-Century New England Revised Edition Contributor(s): Barron, Hal S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521347777 ISBN-13: 9780521347778 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $30.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1988 Annotation: In a departure from the longstanding emphasis on the frontier in American historical writing, Hal Barron employs a range of sources to reconstruct the social and economic history of a nineteenth-century rural community - Chelsea, Vermont -which was profoundly affected by population loss and economic stagnation at a time when most of the country was experiencing geographical expansion and economic growth. The author???'s lucid, accessible account explores the hard choices faced by the people of Chelsea as the economic vitality drained out of their community, and shows how they dealt with these choices. Using new methods of social history to place Chelsea in the larger context of nineteenth-century American culture and society, this book provides an innovative contribution to the history of rural America. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - Rural - History | Russia & The Former Soviet Union - History | United States - 19th Century |
| Dewey: 307.720 |
| LCCN: 83026354 |
| Series: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Modern History |
| Physical Information: 0.51" H x 6.08" W x 9.2" (0.69 lbs) 200 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In a departure from the longstanding emphasis on the frontier in American historical writing, Hal Barron employs a range of sources to reconstruct the social and economic history of a nineteenth-century rural community - Chelsea, Vermont -which was profoundly affected by population loss and economic stagnation at a time when most of the country was experiencing geographical expansion and economic growth. The author's lucid, accessible account explores the hard choices faced by the people of Chelsea as the economic vitality drained out of their community and shows how they dealt with these choices. Using new methods of social history to place Chelsea in the larger context of nineteenth-century American culture and society, this book provides an innovative contribution to the history of rural America. |