The American Farmer in the Eighteenth Century: A Social and Cultural History Contributor(s): Bushman, Richard L. (Author) |
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ISBN: 030022673X ISBN-13: 9780300226737 Publisher: Yale University Press OUR PRICE: $42.57 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2018 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Colonial Period (1600-1775) - History | United States - Revolutionary Period (1775-1800) - Business & Economics | Economic History |
Dewey: 630.973 |
LCCN: 2017942158 |
Physical Information: 1.5" H x 6.4" W x 9.5" (1.50 lbs) 400 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: An illuminating study of America's agricultural society during the Colonial, Revolutionary, and Founding eras In the eighteenth century, three-quarters of Americans made their living from farms. This authoritative history explores the lives, cultures, and societies of America's farmers from colonial times through the founding of the nation. Noted historian Richard Bushman explains how all farmers sought to provision themselves while still actively engaged in trade, making both subsistence and commerce vital to farm economies of all sizes. The book describes the tragic effects on the native population of farmers' efforts to provide farms for their children and examines how climate created the divide between the free North and the slave South. Bushman also traces midcentury rural violence back to the century's population explosion. An engaging work of historical scholarship, the book draws on a wealth of diaries, letters, and other writings--including the farm papers of Thomas Jefferson and George Washington--to open a window on the men, women, and children who worked the land in early America. |