Presenting a history of agriculture in the American Corn Belt, this book argues that modernization occurred not only for economic reasons but also because of how farmers use technology as a part of their identity and culture.
Presenting a history of agriculture in the American Corn Belt, this book argues that modernization occurred not only for economic reasons but also because of how farmers use technology as a part of their identity and culture.
Joshua T. Brinkman is Adjunct Professor of History at Elon University and Science, Technology, and Society at Virginia Tech, USA. His work examines how technology and identity shape one another as well as energy, environmental, and agricultural law and policy. He is a contributing author in the Routledge Handbook of Energy Transitions.
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Introduction Posing with Metal Chapter 1 Setting the Stage: The Genealogy of Contemporary Rural Identity in the Midwest Chapter 2 "Are We Ready for This?": Urban Industrialism, Rural Resistance, and Rural-Urban Conflict Chapter 3 "The Future of an Idea": Farmer's Use of Technology to Perform Rural Capitalistic Modernity Chapter 4 "Mother and Radio": Combatting Urban Gender Stereotypes through Technology Use Chapter 5 Rumbling Down Main Street: Cold War Ideology and the "American Way" Encouraging Rural Capitalistic Modernity Chapter 6 "We Feed the World": Rural Globalized Ultramodernity Chapter 7 "The District of Hicks": Persistent Urban Views of Farmers as Backward Chapter 8 "Inborn Innovators" or "Hog House Janitors?": The Acceptance or Rejection of Technologies and Rural Globalized Ultramodernity Chapter 9 "Company in the Combine": Gender, Farming, and Comparing Organic Reformist and Rural Ultramodern Identities Chapter 10 "There They Go Again": Understanding Clashes Between Ultramodern Farmers and Organic Advocates Over Food Policy and Reform Conclusion Does it Still Run?
Introduction Posing with Metal Chapter 1 Setting the Stage: The Genealogy of Contemporary Rural Identity in the Midwest Chapter 2 "Are We Ready for This?": Urban Industrialism, Rural Resistance, and Rural-Urban Conflict Chapter 3 "The Future of an Idea": Farmer's Use of Technology to Perform Rural Capitalistic Modernity Chapter 4 "Mother and Radio": Combatting Urban Gender Stereotypes through Technology Use Chapter 5 Rumbling Down Main Street: Cold War Ideology and the "American Way" Encouraging Rural Capitalistic Modernity Chapter 6 "We Feed the World": Rural Globalized Ultramodernity Chapter 7 "The District of Hicks": Persistent Urban Views of Farmers as Backward Chapter 8 "Inborn Innovators" or "Hog House Janitors?": The Acceptance or Rejection of Technologies and Rural Globalized Ultramodernity Chapter 9 "Company in the Combine": Gender, Farming, and Comparing Organic Reformist and Rural Ultramodern Identities Chapter 10 "There They Go Again": Understanding Clashes Between Ultramodern Farmers and Organic Advocates Over Food Policy and Reform Conclusion Does it Still Run?
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