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- catalog abstract ""Families cannot farm without land, and whoever controls land holds power over others in the farm family and the rural community. Yet in every lifetime, control of this scarce resource must be given up to the next generation. Drawing on her decade-long ethnographic studies of seven Illinois farming communities, Sonya Salamon demonstrates how family land transfers serve as the mechanism for recreating the social relations fundamental to Midwestern ethnic identities. With family land is passed a cultural patrimony that shapes practices of farm management, succession, and inheritance and that ultimately determine how land tenure and the personality of rural communities evolve." "Half the communities Salamon studied are dominated by families of German descent and half by what she terms "Yankees," or people with British Protestant ancestry. These two groups are dominant in the rural Midwest, and ethnic identity as manifested among them is a powerful force shaping the social fabric of the region. Yankees treat farming as a business and land as a commodity; profit rather than persistence of the farm motivates their actions. Farmers of German descent, however, see farming as a way of life and land as a sacred family possession, and they hold continuity of farm ownership as the highest priority. The commitment of ethnic Germans to act on their beliefs in this regard, says Salamon, explains why this group now makes up more than half of the Midwestern farm population."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog contributor b3793714.
- catalog created "1992.".
- catalog date "1992".
- catalog date "1992.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1992.".
- catalog description ""Families cannot farm without land, and whoever controls land holds power over others in the farm family and the rural community. Yet in every lifetime, control of this scarce resource must be given up to the next generation. Drawing on her decade-long ethnographic studies of seven Illinois farming communities, Sonya Salamon demonstrates how family land transfers serve as the mechanism for recreating the social relations fundamental to Midwestern ethnic identities. With family land is passed a cultural patrimony that shapes practices of farm management, succession, and inheritance and that ultimately determine how land tenure and the personality of rural communities evolve." "Half the communities Salamon studied are dominated by families of German descent and half by what she terms "Yankees," or people with British Protestant ancestry. These two groups are dominant in the rural Midwest, and ethnic identity as manifested among them is a powerful force shaping the social fabric of the region. Yankees treat farming as a business and land as a commodity; profit rather than persistence of the farm motivates their actions. Farmers of German descent, however, see farming as a way of life and land as a sacred family possession, and they hold continuity of farm ownership as the highest priority. The commitment of ethnic Germans to act on their beliefs in this regard, says Salamon, explains why this group now makes up more than half of the Midwestern farm population."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog description "Culture and Midwestern Family Farmers -- Historical Background of Ethnic Farmers -- Family Farmers: An American Family Type -- The Community Context -- A Typology of Family Farming Patterns -- Interactional Processes and Reproduction of Family and Farm -- Husband, Wife, and Farm Management -- Father, Son, and Farm Succession -- Siblings and Inheritance of the Patrimony -- Social Networks: The Links to Community -- Implications of Family Practices beyond the Farm Bounds -- Land Tenure -- Community Personality -- Methods for Farming Community Studies.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "xvii, 297 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Prairie patrimony.".
- catalog identifier "0807820458".
- catalog isFormatOf "Prairie patrimony.".
- catalog isPartOf "Studies in rural culture".
- catalog issued "1992".
- catalog issued "1992.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Chapel Hill, NC : University of North Carolina Press,".
- catalog relation "Prairie patrimony.".
- catalog spatial "Middle West.".
- catalog subject "306.85/2/0977 20".
- catalog subject "Family farms Middle West.".
- catalog subject "Farm life Middle West.".
- catalog subject "HQ536.15.A14 S25 1992".
- catalog subject "Rural families Middle West.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Culture and Midwestern Family Farmers -- Historical Background of Ethnic Farmers -- Family Farmers: An American Family Type -- The Community Context -- A Typology of Family Farming Patterns -- Interactional Processes and Reproduction of Family and Farm -- Husband, Wife, and Farm Management -- Father, Son, and Farm Succession -- Siblings and Inheritance of the Patrimony -- Social Networks: The Links to Community -- Implications of Family Practices beyond the Farm Bounds -- Land Tenure -- Community Personality -- Methods for Farming Community Studies.".
- catalog title "Prairie patrimony : family, farming, and community in the midwest / Sonya Salamon.".
- catalog type "text".