Prairie Patrimony

Prairie Patrimony
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Publisher : UNC Press Books
Total Pages : 318
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ISBN-10 : 9781469611181
ISBN-13 : 146961118X
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Book Synopsis Prairie Patrimony by : Sonya Salamon

Download or read book Prairie Patrimony written by Sonya Salamon and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2014-02-01 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on a decade-long ethnographic study of seven Illinois farming communities, Salamon demonstrates how family land transfers serve as the mechanism fro recreating the social relations fundamental to midwestern ethnic identities. She shows how, along with the land, families pass on a cultural patrimony that shapes practices of farm management, succession, and inheritance and that ultimately determines how land tenure and the personality of rural communities evolve.


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