Born in the Country: A History of Rural America

Updated edition: "A balanced economic, social, political, and technological history of rural America . . . A splendid book, rich with detail." —Agricultural History Review

Through most of its history, America has been a rural nation, largely made up of farmers. David B. Danbom's Born in the Country was the first—and is still the only—general history of rural America. Ranging from pre-Columbian times to the enormous changes of the twentieth century, the book masterfully integrates agricultur...