American Georgics - Writings on Farming, Culture, and the Land

Zusammenfassung From Thomas Jefferson's Monticello to Michelle Obama's White House organic garden, the image of America as a nation of farmers has persisted from the beginnings of the American experiment. This collection presents a complex historical portrait of the American character through its relationship to the land.

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• Authors: Brian Donahue, Brian Hagenstein Donahue, Edwin C. Gregg Hagenstein
• Assisted by: Brian Donahue (Editor), Donahue Brian (Editor), Sara M. Gregg (Editor), Gregg Sara M. (Editor), Edwin C. Hagenstein (Editor), Hagenstein Edwin C. (Editor)
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.09.2012
• EAN: 9780300188042
• ISBN: 978-0-300-18804-2
• No. of pages: 432
• Series: Yale Agrarian Studies Series; Yale Agrarian Studies (Paperba; Yale Agrarian Studies Series; Yale Agrarian Studies (Paperba; Yale Agrarian Studies (YUP)
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Agriculture, horticulture; forestry, fishing, food; USA, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / United States / General, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Agriculture and farming, AGRICULTURE & FARMING