Debt and Dispossession - (Farm Loss in America's Heartland) by Kathryn Marie Dudley (Paperback)
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- Winner of the Margaret Mead Award of the Society for Applied Anthropology The farm crisis of the 1980s was the worst economic disaster to strike rural America since the Depression--thousands of farmers lost their land and homes, irrevocably altering their communities and, as Kathryn Marie Dudley shows, giving rise to devastating social trauma that continues to affect farmers today.
- About the Author: Kathryn Marie Dudley is assistant professor of American studies and anthropology at Yale University.
- 211 Pages
- Business + Money Management, Economic History
- Series Name: Farm Loss in America's Heartland
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Winner of the Margaret Mead Award of the Society for Applied Anthropology The farm crisis of the 1980s was the worst economic disaster to strike rural America since the Depression--thousands of farmers lost their land and homes, irrevocably altering their communities and, as Kathryn Marie Dudley shows, giving rise to devastating social trauma that continues to affect farmers today. Through interviews with residents of an agricultural county in western Minnesota, Dudley provides an incisive account of the moral dynamics of loss, dislocation, capitalism, and solidarity in farming communities.From the Back Cover
By the winner of the Margaret Mead Award of the American Anthropological Association and the Society for Applied Anthropology The farm crisis of the 1980s was the worst economic disaster to strike rural Americans since the Depression. Thousands of farmers lost their land and homes, irrevocably altering their communities and, as Kathryn Marie Dudley shows, giving rise to devastating social trauma that continues to affect farmers today. Through interviews with residents of an agricultural county in western Minnesota, Dudley provides an incisive account of the moral dynamics of loss, dislocation, capitalism, and solidarity in farming communities.About the Author
Kathryn Marie Dudley is assistant professor of American studies and anthropology at Yale University.Dimensions (Overall): 8.44 Inches (H) x 5.32 Inches (W) x .49 Inches (D)
Weight: .56 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 211
Genre: Business + Money Management
Sub-Genre: Economic History
Series Title: Farm Loss in America's Heartland
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Format: Paperback
Author: Kathryn Marie Dudley
Language: English
Street Date: May 15, 2002
TCIN: 1006090511
UPC: 9780226169132
Item Number (DPCI): 247-17-2142
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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