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Agricultural History (2006) 80 (1): 127–128.
Published: 01 January 2006
...Lisa Ossian Children of the Western Plains: The Nineteenth-Century Experience . Marilyn Irvin Holt . Copyright 2006 Agricultural History Society 2006 Book Reviews / 127 Mingling, matching, and cross-referencing the contents of these transcribed conversations prove the heroic role...
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Agricultural History (2001) 75 (2): 247–248.
Published: 01 April 2001
...Pamela Riney-Kehrberg Frontier Children . Linda Peavy and Ursula Smith . Copyright 2001 Agricultural History Society 2001 Book Reviews / 247 new primary evidence and provides a new and stimulating perspective on an old story. Peter Dewey Royal Holloway University ofLondon Frontier...
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Published: 01 August 2024
Figure 1. “War Is Not Healthy for Children and Other Living Things” by Lorraine Schneider. Courtesy of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. More
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Agricultural History (2012) 86 (1): 78–103.
Published: 01 January 2012
...Megan Birk Abstract The family farm played an important role in the development of a welfare system for dependent children in the United States. This became increasingly true in the second half of the nineteenth century as the population of institutionalized children grew alongside the desire...
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Agricultural History (2014) 88 (3): 313–335.
Published: 01 July 2014
... interview. 31. Kenny and Jackie Thurk interview; Dennis and Nina Rutledge interview. My Father s Past, My Children s Future: Agrarian Identity and a Powerline in Minnesota, 1974 1980 JOHN BYCZYNSKI This article discusses the motivations and actions of farmers who protested against the construction...
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Agricultural History (2005) 79 (3): 281–297.
Published: 01 July 2005
...Anne B. W. Effland Abstract The belief that farm work is good for children is deeply rooted in agrarian ideals, which impute a wholesomeness to farming tied to its economic, social, and moral value to society. Nevertheless, in the context of the changing scale of work, community, and new ideas...
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Agricultural History (2011) 85 (4): 437–459.
Published: 01 October 2011
.... Among the many solutions advocated were rural youth organizations. The Farm Boy Cavaliers of America, which also enrolled girls, pursued a more innovative path than most, emphasizing not only entertainment and instruction, but also a high degree of economic education and independence for farm children...
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Agricultural History (2015) 89 (3): 426–443.
Published: 01 July 2015
... their savings to the down payment for the land they bought with their husband and, later on, sharing the farm work and earning money to support the family all put them in a better position in their marriage, helping to ensure that their opinions were listened to and that they provided for their children's...
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Agricultural History (2014) 88 (1): 45–67.
Published: 01 January 2014
... documents (workers, children), and they convey the nature of experiences hard to capture in conventional source material (what it was like to work in various environments). Buildings can occasionally tell a story without reference to other sources, but more often they are integrated with other source types...
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Published: 01 November 2023
on the occasion of India's Republic Day, followed by vilification of the farmers in general. Mannat says, “While the air was ripe with despair and confusion, there were many whose resolve had only strengthened. Among those I saw that day were these two children, giggling and staring out of a tear in a tarpaulin More
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Agricultural History (2023) 97 (2): 341–342.
Published: 01 May 2023
...Elizabeth D. Blum Overall, Razing Kids is a meticulous, compelling work on environmental policies about children in postwar western America that should become a pivotal work in the field. Sanders employs highly readable prose and ample context, making it accessible to students of all levels...
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Agricultural History (2017) 91 (1): 99–100.
Published: 01 January 2017
... on the Farm, Megan Birk details the close interplay between cultural attitudes and policy changes toward foster children in the Midwest across the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Birk begins her study with the development of the rural ideal. Reformers held strongly to the belief that farm...
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Agricultural History (2001) 75 (2): 245–247.
Published: 01 April 2001
... or academies in nearby towns for children of the elite. A number of the children attended colleges and became middle-class urban professionals. The legacy of these abandoned communities is the success of their residents economically and socially during an era of intense racism. Unfortunately, African Americans...
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Agricultural History (2017) 91 (1): 97–99.
Published: 01 January 2017
...: University of Illinois Press, 2015. 256 pp., $55.00, hardback, ISBN 978-0-252-03924-9. In Fostering on the Farm, Megan Birk details the close interplay between cultural attitudes and policy changes toward foster children in the Midwest across the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Birk begins her...
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Agricultural History (2001) 75 (2): 249–250.
Published: 01 April 2001
... Indian School, 1898-1933 adds to the growing list of works in the last ten years that examine the issues surrounding the education of Native American children during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In this well-written work Riney examines the manner in which Indian students...
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Agricultural History (2007) 81 (4): 582–583.
Published: 01 October 2007
..., 2005. 320 pp., $34.95,hardback,ISBN 0-7006-1388-9. My students would refer toPamela Riney-Kehrberg's latestwork as a "good read"; theywould be correct.InChildhoodon theFarm,Riney-Kehrberg skillfullyweaves a vast array of primary materials into her exploration of children's lives in the ruralMidwest...
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Agricultural History (2017) 91 (1): 100–102.
Published: 01 January 2017
...Dana R. Chandler George Washington Carver: A Life . By Christina Vella . Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press , 2015 . 422 pp., $38.00 , hardback, ISBN 978-0-8071-6074-9 . © 2017 Agricultural History Society 2017 Agricultural History labor for children policy...
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Agricultural History (2015) 89 (3): 469–470.
Published: 01 July 2015
... and nature independent from adult supervision (xii). i share the author s apprehension about contemporary childhood and am most grateful for this fine volume that allowed me to contextualize such feelings. nature was a dangerous place for nineteenth-century children in both urban and rural environments. Farm...
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Agricultural History (2017) 91 (3): 453–454.
Published: 01 July 2017
... to the early twentieth century, Amish children attended the small and locally controlled public schools. As consolidation became the norm, Amish families objected. They didn t want to send their children to larger schools that were beyond community control. This caused considerable conflict with public...
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Agricultural History (2006) 80 (1): 125–127.
Published: 01 January 2006
... culture with high standards of integrity, honesty, and respect. This book laments its passing and urges its standards of behavior on today's world. It is classic Steagall and a "must read" for anyone who loves the Old West and is interested in what it has become. Zen Ervin Clarence, New York Children...