The Resource Beyond the Fruited Plain : Food and Agriculture in U.S. Literature, 1850-1905
Beyond the Fruited Plain : Food and Agriculture in U.S. Literature, 1850-1905
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The item Beyond the Fruited Plain : Food and Agriculture in U.S. Literature, 1850-1905 represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri Libraries.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- Agriculture in the United States has changed dramatically in the last two hundred years. Economic transformation marked by the expansion of the industrial economy and big business has contributed to an increase in industrial food production. Amid this change, policymakers and cultural critics have debated the best way to produce food and wealth for an expanding population with imperialistic tendencies. In a sweeping overview, Beyond the Fruited Plain traces the connections between nineteenth-century literature, agriculture, and U.S. territorial and economic expansion. Bringing together theori
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (481 pages)
- Contents
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- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Fruits of Expansion
- 1. Expanding Agriculture
- 2. Local Beans, Apples, and Berries
- 3. Fruits of Regionalism
- 4. Sweet Empires of Labor
- 5. The Wheat Strikes Back
- Epilogue: Fruits of Globalization
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About Kathryn Cornell Dolan
- Isbn
- 9780803269446
- Label
- Beyond the Fruited Plain : Food and Agriculture in U.S. Literature, 1850-1905
- Title
- Beyond the Fruited Plain
- Title remainder
- Food and Agriculture in U.S. Literature, 1850-1905
- Subject
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- Agriculture in literature
- Agriculture in literature
- American literature
- American literature -- United States -- History and criticism -- 19th century
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Agribusiness
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Ecocriticism
- 1800-1899
- Food in literature
- Food in literature
- LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General
- Literature and globalization
- Literature and globalization
- United States
- Ecocriticism
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Agriculture in the United States has changed dramatically in the last two hundred years. Economic transformation marked by the expansion of the industrial economy and big business has contributed to an increase in industrial food production. Amid this change, policymakers and cultural critics have debated the best way to produce food and wealth for an expanding population with imperialistic tendencies. In a sweeping overview, Beyond the Fruited Plain traces the connections between nineteenth-century literature, agriculture, and U.S. territorial and economic expansion. Bringing together theori
- Cataloging source
- EBLCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Dolan, Kathryn Cornell
- Dewey number
- 808.109235
- Index
- no index present
- Language note
- English
- LC call number
- PS1642.T5 .D384 2014
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- American literature
- Agriculture in literature
- Food in literature
- Literature and globalization
- Ecocriticism
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Agribusiness
- LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General
- Agriculture in literature
- American literature
- Ecocriticism
- Food in literature
- Literature and globalization
- United States
- Label
- Beyond the Fruited Plain : Food and Agriculture in U.S. Literature, 1850-1905
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- Content type MARC source
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- Contents
- Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Fruits of Expansion -- 1. Expanding Agriculture -- 2. Local Beans, Apples, and Berries -- 3. Fruits of Regionalism -- 4. Sweet Empires of Labor -- 5. The Wheat Strikes Back -- Epilogue: Fruits of Globalization -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About Kathryn Cornell Dolan
- Control code
- 923709632
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (481 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780803269446
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)923709632
- Label
- Beyond the Fruited Plain : Food and Agriculture in U.S. Literature, 1850-1905
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Fruits of Expansion -- 1. Expanding Agriculture -- 2. Local Beans, Apples, and Berries -- 3. Fruits of Regionalism -- 4. Sweet Empires of Labor -- 5. The Wheat Strikes Back -- Epilogue: Fruits of Globalization -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About Kathryn Cornell Dolan
- Control code
- 923709632
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (481 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780803269446
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)923709632
Subject
- Agriculture in literature
- Agriculture in literature
- American literature
- American literature -- United States -- History and criticism -- 19th century
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Agribusiness
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Ecocriticism
- 1800-1899
- Food in literature
- Food in literature
- LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General
- Literature and globalization
- Literature and globalization
- United States
- Ecocriticism
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