The agricultural transition in New York State
Subtitle: markets and migration in mid-nineteenth-century America
By: Donald H. Parkerson.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: The Henry A. Wallace series on agricultural history and rural life
Publisher: Iowa State University Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Ames
Language: eng
Number of pages: 196
Subjects: Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- New York (State) -- History -- 19th century.; Farmers -- New York (State) -- History -- 19th century.; Rural-urban migration -- New York (State) -- History -- 19th century.; New York (State) -- Economic conditions.; New York (State) -- Social conditions.; New York (State) -- History.; United States -- Economic conditions.; United States -- Social conditions -- To 1865.; United States -- Social conditions -- 1865-1918.
Description: The Agricultural Transition in New York State focuses on the transformation of the U.S. agricultural economy in the middle of the nineteenth century and its impact on farm families. The author examines class formation, migration, and family structure in the context of emerging agricultural markets and the growing availability of cheap consumer goods.

Drawing on U.S. and state census records, as well as agricultural publications of the era and farmers' diaries and letters, Parkerson employs quantitative methodology as well as the techniques of traditional narrative history to re-create the economic world in which nineteenth-century farmers secured their livelihood.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-192) and index.