In the Blood: Understanding America's Farm Families
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Publishing Details
In the Blood: Understanding America's Farm Families
By (Author) Robert Wuthnow
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
9th November 2015
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Agriculture, agribusiness and food production industries
Cultural studies: food and society
Sociology
630.973
Physical Properties
Hardback
240
Width 152mm, Height 235mm
510g
Description
Farming is essential to the American economy and our daily lives, yet few of us have much contact with farmers except through the food we eat. Who are America's farmers Why is farming important to them How are they coping with dramatic changes to their way of life In the Blood paints a vivid and moving portrait of America's farm families, sheddi
Reviews
"A vivid and moving portrait of America's farm families."--Bookseller Buyer's Guide "An important book for rural sociologists."--Choice
Author Bio
Robert Wuthnow is the Gerhard R. Andlinger '52 Professor of Social Sciences and director of the Center for the Study of Religion at Princeton University. He is the author of many books, including Rough Country, Small-Town America, Red State Religion, and Remaking the Heartland (all Princeton).
