...Daniel J. Simone The Women of Country Music: A Reader . Charles K. Wolfe and James E. Akenson . Copyright 2006 Agricultural History Society 2006 136 / Agricultural History the vital and indispensable role that the federal government plays in the eco? nomic viability of the West's...

...–Market Magazines and the Demise of the Gentle Reader, 1880–1920 " in The Culture of Consumption: Critical Essays in American History, 18801980, ed. Richard Wightman Fox and T. J. Jackson Lears (New York: Pantheon Books, 1983 ), 39 -64 11 James F. Evans , Prairie Farmer and WLS...

... to enrich and enhance historical analysis and sometimes even to counter a narrative that predominates in written documents. As with other source types, historians using buildings must contend with interpretive issues such as selective survival. The author refers readers to resources for documenting...

.... The plenary ends with a call for readers to answer the organizing question for themselves, in their own studies of agriculture and its environments. 2012 Running Header Does Crop Determine Culture? BARBARA HAHN, TIAGO SARAIVA, PAUL W. RHODE, PETER COCLANIS, AND CLAIRE STROM Drawn from a plenary discussion...

...Ryan Hall Abstract In the decades since its 1939 publication, John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath has shaped the ways in which readers have understood the experience of rural Americans during the Great Depression. Steinbeck used frontier mythology to tap into American nostalgia for yeoman...

... the purest honey represents the type of colorful anecdote that brings this history to life. Nurse's work inspires the reader to look into their own local and familial past, for the ways in which women have made their mark through baking, handicrafts, and other pursuits. On the surface the idea...

... of the West. In many instances, some of these “persistent impressions” are turned on their heads in helpful ways that introduce readers to the stories and region in a new light (374–80). That this book is penned by a master of the written word is a great advantage. Not only does West synthesize a wealth...

... detail their encounters with the flora and fauna of a raw continent. In the process, they offer glimpses of a vanished world where now extinct birds blacken the skies and old growth forests stretch to the horizon. The reader, moved through time in these brief excerpts, witnesses both the rise...

... As a Farm Woman Thinks: Life and Land on the Texas High Plains, 1890 1960. By Nellie Witt Spikes. Edited by Geoff Cunfer. Lubbock: Texas Tech University Press, 2010. 288 pp., $34.95, hardback, ISBN 978-0-89672710-6. In introducing readers to Nellie Witt Spikes, editor Geoff Cunfer writes, And, if we set...

... Reviews with her pen. Throughout the text, Cunfer threads photographs and maps from Spikes s era to help readers visualize the spaces that she describes. The result is a richly woven tapestry of farm and rural life on the Texas High Plains in the early twentieth century. Spikes offers anecdotes about...

... and engaging narrative provides a solid overview of the region's history, and includes Native American, Hispanic, Anglo, AfricanAmerican, and women's perspectives. Frontier Texas serves up traditional western fare, offering the reader authentic slices of Lone Star ranching, cattle drives, buffalo hunters...

... of whom also contributed chapters, highlighting their experience and direct involvement in the Indigenous food movement and providing the reader with an overview of food-system issues and initiatives occurring throughout the United States. Although some chapters lean toward an academic audience, most...

... the global phenomenon of the plantation from an environmental perspective. Unlike other edited volumes on plantations, this book does not focus on one specific region of the world or even one commodity. Instead, the subject matter ranges widely, taking the reader from the oft-studied cotton fields of the US...

..., including manners, eating habits, and classes of food. One of the advantages of the smorgasbord that Montanari lays out for the reader lies in its sheer variety. With his engaging and charismatic storytelling, readers cannot help but feel immersed in the many facets, uses, and values of medieval food...

... in isolation; they are products not only of their own agency, but also of "othering" neighbors. Royden Loewen University ofWinnipeg [Due to the journal's move from Iowa State, this book has been reviewed twice. Readers might also want to consult Steven Reschly's review in 77:4.] Paradise Wild: Reimagining...

...Kimberly K. Porter Creating Abundance: Visionary Entrepreneurs of Agriculture . Hiram M. Drache . Copyright 2004 Agricultural History Society 2004 Book Reviews / 371 exactly the cut off point was. In addition, a reader is almost halfway through the book before Foran answers...

..., or act failed because one or more parties did not comply (usually the colonists, but not always). Readers may become frustrated with the repetitive nature of these failures, but so did everyone who participated in these events or felt their effects. What makes Shefveland s version different is her...

... covered by this collection are myriad and fascinating. Readers will learn about the replacement of “real” sugar by corn syrup, the selling of bananas through both sex and race, and the importance of urban food carts, which reduced the likelihood that transported fruits would decay. Authors introduce...

..., policy makers as well as general readers interested in this long-term development. Isett and Miller have written a history of world agriculture that successfully addresses key questions for different eras. Readers interested in world agriculture of the past and present will find this work insightful...

... Mark Wetherington's entry in the Rowman and Littlefield American Ways series joins a growing list of titles by acknowledged experts introducing students and general readers to critical topics in American history that impinge on current issues of our day. That agriculture has been included alongside...