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Harvest of dissent : agrarianism in central New York in the nineteenth century /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Summerhill, Thomas, 1962-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2005]
Subjects:
New York (State) > Politics and government > 1775-1865.
New York (State) > Politics and government > 1865-1950.
Farmers > New York (State) > Political activity > History > 19th century.
Agriculture and politics > New York (State) > History > 19th century.
Land reform > Political aspects > New York (State) > History > 19th century.
New York (State) > Economic conditions > 19th century.
Table of Contents:
  • Republican fathers : capital takes to the woods, 1790-1825
  • Democratic children : farmers and the Jacksonians, 1825-1840
  • The anti-renters : agrarians and the politics of faction
  • New crops, new challenges : farm life in the 1850s
  • Agrarianism outflanked : farmers, railroads, and politics, 1848-1865
  • The maturation of the market economy : dairy and hops culture, 1870-1900
  • Tenant unrest and elite cooperation : responses to the new economy
  • The grange movement, 1874-1900.