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Family farms were a dominant feature of rural life for much of American history. Down to the early 20th century, farmers had a priority of establishing their children in farming. After 1920 new technology caused revolution, as horses and mules and hired hands were replaced by powerful machines.
Although the eastern image of farm life on the prairies emphasizes the isolation of the lonely farmer and farm life, rural folk created a rich social life for themselves. They often sponsored activities that combined work, food, and entertainment such as barn raisings , corn huskings, quilting bees, grange meeting, church activities, and school ...
The Routledge History of Rural America (2018) Schapsmeier, Edward L; and Frederick H. Schapsmeier. Encyclopedia of American agricultural history (1975) online; Schmidt, Louis Bernard, and Earle Dudley Ross, eds. Readings in the economic history of American agriculture (Macmillan, 1925) excerpts from scholarly studies, colonial era to 1920s. online.
In historiography, rural history is a field of study focusing on the history of societies in rural areas. At its inception, the field was based on the economic history of agriculture. Since the 1980s it has become increasingly influenced by social history and has diverged from the economic and technological focuses of " agricultural history ".
David B. Born in the Country: A History of Rural America (1995) pp 161–184. Ellsworth, Clayton S. "Theodore Roosevelt's Country Life Commission" Agricultural History 34#4 (1960), pp. 155-172 in JSTOR; Fry, John J. " 'Good Farming-Clear Thinking-Right Living': Midwestern Farm Newspapers, Social Reform, and Rural Readers in the Early Twentieth ...
Howell Living History Farm's maze, which is in its 29th year and is operated by a separate nonprofit (Friends of Howell Farm), has always had an educational theme, relating to agriculture and farm ...
In rural spaces, the same old local white power structures continued to dominate county boards and courts, while wielding new tools to exclude and limit Black Americans. Land loss was one of these.
The Ruhlig Farm in Carleton may have begun as a relatively small-acre operation, but today it includes processing and production operations. Monroe County History: Ruhlig Farms an example of ...