Childhood on the Farm Work, Play, and Coming of Age in the Midwest

Name: Childhood on the Farm Work, Play, and Coming of Age in the Midwest
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ISBN: 9780700613885

ISBN-10: 0700613889

ISBN-13: 9780700613885

Edition: 2005

Authors: Pamela Riney-Kehrberg

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As the United States transformed itself from an agricultural to an industrial nation, thousands of young people left farm homes for life in the big city. But even by 1920 the nation's heartland remained predominantly rural and most children in the region were still raised on farms. Pamela Riney-Kehrberg retells their stories, offering glimpses-"both nostalgic and realistic-"of a bygone era. As Riney-Kehrberg shows, the experiences of most farm children continued to reflect the traditions of family life and labor, albeit in an age when middle-class urban Americans were beginning to redefine childhood as a time reserved for education and play. She draws upon a wealth of primary sources-"not…

Book details

List price: $39.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Publication date: 6/9/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 312
Size: 6.30" wide x 9.64" long x 1.11" tall
Weight: 0.770
Language: English




"I would rather live in the country" : a child's place



"But what kind of work do the rest of you do?" : farm children as laborers



"We have splendid times at school" : farm children and education



"Today is the first school-day" : farm youth as rural teachers : the stories of Hermann Benke and Rhoda Emery


Photographic essay : growing up in Dodge County, Wisconsin



"It surely pays to go to a circus" : farm children and youth at play



"This case is a peculiarly hard one" : farm child welfare and the state



"I wouldn't live in the city always for anything" : growing up and making decisions



Epilogue : "we are at home with the land" : remembering farm childhood