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In the Blood: Understanding America´s Farm Families
Robert Wuthnow
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Description for In the Blood: Understanding America´s Farm Families
Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCV; JHB; KNAC; TVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 165 x 243 x 24. Weight in Grams: 522.
Farming is essential to the American economy and our daily lives, yet few of us have much contact with farmers except through the food we eat. Who are America's farmers? Why is farming important to them? How are they coping with dramatic changes to their way of life? In the Blood paints a vivid and moving portrait of America's farm families, shedding new light on their beliefs, values, and complicated relationship with the land. Drawing on more than two hundred in-depth interviews, Robert Wuthnow presents farmers in their own voices as they speak candidly about their family traditions, aspirations ... Read more
Farming is essential to the American economy and our daily lives, yet few of us have much contact with farmers except through the food we eat. Who are America's farmers? Why is farming important to them? How are they coping with dramatic changes to their way of life? In the Blood paints a vivid and moving portrait of America's farm families, shedding new light on their beliefs, values, and complicated relationship with the land. Drawing on more than two hundred in-depth interviews, Robert Wuthnow presents farmers in their own voices as they speak candidly about their family traditions, aspirations ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
521g
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691167091
SKU
V9780691167091
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About Robert Wuthnow
Robert Wuthnow is the Gerhard R. Andlinger '52 Professor of Social Sciences and director of the Center for the Study of Religion at Princeton University. He is the author of many books, including Rough Country, Small-Town America, Red State Religion, and Remaking the Heartland (all Princeton).
Reviews for In the Blood: Understanding America´s Farm Families
A vivid and moving portrait of America's farm families.
Bookseller Buyer's Guide An important book for rural sociologists.
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Bookseller Buyer's Guide An important book for rural sociologists.
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