Farms, flatlanders, and Fords
Subtitle: a story of people and place in rural Vermont, 1890-2010
By: Cameron Clifford
Contributors: Clifford Archive
Publisher: Clifford Archive
Published: 2011
Place of publication: West Hartford, Vt
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
ISBN-13: 9780615523668
Subjects: History; Social life and customs; Biography; Genealogy; Manners and customs
Description: Looks deep into the twentieth-century history of this rural Vermont neighborhood to describe how it changed from a farm community to a modern semi-bedroom / second home community. The role of community organizations, work, housing, kinship, education, conflict, and personalities are also explored to show how the neighborhood adapted to new times.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-243) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Part I. Sustaining 1890-1945 ; Milking cows ; Coming together ; Taking in guests ; Playing with automobiles; title: Part II: Transformations 1940-1975 ; Farming's demise ; New opportunities ; Land and housing ; Settling newcomers; title: Part III. Responses 1960-2010 ; Highlighting differences ; Contending laws and orders ; Accepting accomodation; title: Afterword; title: Acknowledgements; title: Notes; title: Index.