The Agricultural Transition In New York State: Markets And Migration In Mid Nineteenth Century Amercia
ISBN:
9780813824925 (0813824923)
Edition language: English
“One of the defining characteristics of mid-nineteenth-century New York State,” Parkerson begins, “was the extraordinary mobility of its rural people.” Contrary to popular belief and a historiographical tradition that mistakenly pictures a stable, tradition-bound rural world in contrast with the (m...