Prairie Patrimony

Family, Farming, and Community in the Midwest

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Sociology, Rural, History, Americas, United States
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Author: Sonya Salamon ISBN: 9781469611181
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press Publication: February 1, 2014
Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press Language: English
Author: Sonya Salamon
ISBN: 9781469611181
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Publication: February 1, 2014
Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press
Language: English

Drawing on a decade-long ethnographic study of seven Illinois farming communities, Salamon demonstrates how family land transfers serve as the mechanism fro recreating the social relations fundamental to midwestern ethnic identities. She shows how, along with the land, families pass on a cultural patrimony that shapes practices of farm management, succession, and inheritance and that ultimately determines how land tenure and the personality of rural communities evolve.

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Drawing on a decade-long ethnographic study of seven Illinois farming communities, Salamon demonstrates how family land transfers serve as the mechanism fro recreating the social relations fundamental to midwestern ethnic identities. She shows how, along with the land, families pass on a cultural patrimony that shapes practices of farm management, succession, and inheritance and that ultimately determines how land tenure and the personality of rural communities evolve.

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