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The American Farmer in the Eighteenth Century
Richard L. Bushman
其他書名
A Social and Cultural History
出版Yale University Press, 2018-05-22
主題History / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775)History / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)Business & Economics / Economic History
ISBN03002352089780300235203
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=34taDwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋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.