Hope Greenberg:
Graduate Portfolio
HST 296E: Rural Life in the United States
Professor Dona Brown
204 Wheeler
House
Tel: 656-4489
E-mail:
dona.brown@uvm.edu
Course
Description:
"This seminar explores the history of rural life--which was for most of
American history the experience of the vast majority of men and women.
. . When, if ever, was there a "traditional" way of life in the
countryside? When, if ever, were those ways completely outpaced by the
demands of industrial capitalism? What was the impact of American
agricultural practice on the environment that sustained farmers? How
was work organized within the farm household? How have Americans
imagined the farm and rural life over time?"
- Complete Syllabus (Readings, Schedule, Guide to Proposals)
- Course Bibliography (plus paper
bibliography)
- Notes/Weekly Questions
- 1/20/05: Introduction (class
notes)
- 1/27/05: Magic and the Marketplace: Henretta, Merchant, Gilmore (reading
notes, class)
- 2/3/05: Northern
Farms, The Great Meadow
(reading, combined report, class)
- 2/10/05: The Farmers Age (reading, class)
- 2/17/05: Abandoning the Farm?: Barron (reading, class)
- 2/24/05: Modernizing the Farm? McMurray (reading, class)
- 3/17/05: Danbom and Jellison (class)
- 3/31/05: Brown, Merrick (reading,
class)
- 4/7/05: Nearing (reading, class)
- Assign. 1 (2/10): Document Description: Hubbard Family Correspondence
- Assign. 2 (3/3): Magazines and Gov't. Publications: School Journal and VT Agriculturist
(doc, html)
- Research
Paper (Proposal (3/10) Draft,
Final)
Additional daily work, musings, questions, comments, resources:
(keyword: HST296E)
http://hopegreenberg.blogspot.com