Beyond the Fruited Plain: Food and Agriculture in U.S. Literature, 1850-1905

Author:   Kathryn Cornell Dolan
Publisher:   University of Nebraska Press
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9780803249882


Pages:   288
Publication Date:   01 December 2014
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Kathryn Cornell Dolan
Publisher:   University of Nebraska Press
Imprint:   University of Nebraska Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.508kg
ISBN:  

9780803249882


ISBN 10:   0803249888
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   01 December 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction: Fruits of Expansion1. Expanding Agriculture2. Local Beans, Apples, and Berries3. Fruits of Regionalism4. Sweet Empires of Labor5. The Wheat Strikes BackEpilogue: Fruits of GlobalizationNotesBibliography

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""Beyond the Fruited Plain poses a terrifically useful expansion of our understanding of how food-related discourse in the period was incorporated by literary artists, as well as how those artists turned their craft to the purpose of advocating for alternatives."" - Nicolas S. Witschi, author of Dirty Words in Deadwood: Literature and the Postwestern


Beyond the Fruited Plain poses a terrifically useful expansion of our understanding of how food-related discourse in the period was incorporated by literary artists, as well as how those artists turned their craft to the purpose of advocating for alternatives. --Nicolas S. Witschi, author of Dirty Words in Deadwood: Literature and the Postwestern --Nicolas S. Witschi (03/03/2014)


Beyond the Fruited Plain poses a terrifically useful expansion of our understanding of how food-related discourse in the period was incorporated by literary artists, as well as how those artists turned their craft to the purpose of advocating for alternatives. - Nicolas S. Witschi, author of Dirty Words in Deadwood: Literature and the Postwestern


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Kathryn Cornell Dolan is an assistant professor of English at Missouri University of Science and Technology.

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