Harvest of dissent
Subtitle: agrarianism in nineteenth-century New York
By: Thomas Summerhill.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Urbana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
Subjects: Farmers -- New York (State) -- Political activity -- History -- 19th century; Agriculture -- Political aspects -- New York (State) -- History -- 19th century; Land reform -- Political aspects -- New York (State) -- History -- 19th century; New York (State) -- Politics and government -- 1775-1865; New York (State) -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950; New York (State) -- Economic conditions -- 19th century
Description: "With a blend of political, social, and economic history, Thomas Summerhill's Harvest of Dissent investigates the character of agrarian movements in nineteenth-century central New York to reexamine the nature of Northern farmers' embrace of or resistance to the emergence of capitalist market agriculture. Taking the long view, Harvest of Dissent brings together the events of nearly a century of agrarian radicalism in central New York, from the Anti-Rent movement to the Grange movement as part of a whole." "Based on an unprecedented amount of primary material research, Harvest of Dissent presents a detailed picture of the farmers' lives and what the new market meant for their families, communities, and labor."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-272) and index.
Table of contents: title: Republican fathers : capital takes to the woods, 1790-1825; title: Democratic children : farmers and the jacksonians, 1825-1840; title: The anti-renters : agrarians and the politics of faction; title: New crops, new challenges : farm life in the 1850s; title: Agrarianism outflanked : farmers, railroads, and politics, 1848-1865; title: The maturation of the market economy : dairy and hops culture, 1870-1900; title: Tenant unrest and elite cooperation : responses to the new economy; title: The grange movement, 1874-1900.