All we knew was to farm : rural women in the upcountry South, 1919-1941
Traces the changes in the rural South, especailly Tennessee, brought on by the depressed agricultural economy, the coming of industry, and increased government intervention
Print Book, English, 2000
Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Md., 2000
xvii, 341 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
9780801863189, 080186318X
41944614
Contents:List of Figures List of Tables AcknowledgementsIntroduction: "All We Knew Was to Farm" 1. Rural Life in the Upcountry South: The Scene in 1920 2. Making Do and Doing Without: Farm Women Cope with the Economic Crisis, 1920-1941 3. "Grandma Would Find Some Way to Make Some Money": Farm Women's Cash Incomes 4. Mixed Messages: Home Extension Work among Upcountry Farm Women in the 1920s and 1930s 5. Government Relocation and Upcountry Women 6. Rural Women and Industrialization 7. Farm Wives and Commercial Farming 8. "The Land of Do Without": The Changing Face of Sevier County, Tennessee, 1908-1940 Epilogue: The Persistence of Rural ValuesAbbreviations Notes Bibliographical Essay Index