Sowing the American Dream

Sowing the American Dream: How Consumer Culture Took Root in the Rural Midwest Blanke David Wydawca: Ohio University Press Data wydania: 2000 ISBN: 9780821413470 Liczba stron: 336 Format: Rodzaj oprawy: Hardback Opis produktu: From 1840 to 1900, midwestern Americans experienced firsthand the profound economic, cultural, and structural changes that transformed the nation from a premodern, agrarian state to one that was urban, industrial, and economically interdependent. Midwestern commercial farmers found themselves at the heart of these changes.