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The drama of a rural community's life cycle : its prehistory, birth, growth, maturity, decline, and rebirth /

Rural communities depend on the health of the agrarian cultures that compose them. These cultures grow out of the symbiotic relationship between a particular landscape and the human community that lives on and uses the land. Agrarian cultures had their origin in the development of agriculture and ga...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kaufman, S. Roy, (Sherman Roy), 1944- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Eugene, Oregon : Wipf & Stock, [2020]
Subjects:
Hutterian Brethren > South Dakota.
Mennonites > South Dakota.
Freeman (S.D.) > History.
Hutterite farmers.
Mennonite farmers.
Rural development.
Farm life.
Agriculture > Social aspects.
Table of Contents:
  • List of illustrations
  • Introduction
  • Part I: Components/actors in the drama
  • The story of the land and its first inhabitants
  • The imperial history and its intrusion into the land
  • The prehistory of the agrarian cultures that came into the land
  • Part II: A rural community's life cycle
  • The community's birth in immigration and displacement (1874)
  • The community's growth to maturity (1875 to 1925)
  • The community in its maturity (1925 to 1975)
  • The community's decline under an industrial agriculture (1975 to 1925)
  • Part III: Toward the rebirth of the community
  • The community's movement toward revitalization (2000 to 2050)
  • The re-formation of an agrarian culture
  • The role of religious faith in the formation of an agrarian culture
  • Bibliography
  • Index.