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In Preserving the Family Farm Mary Neth focuses on these relations-of gender and community-to shed new light on the events of this crucial period.

Over time, however, labor relations, market imperatives, and changing political conditions undermined the growers' horticultural ideal.

Kline, avoiding the trap of technological determinism, explores the changing relationships among the Country Life professionals, government agencies, sales people, and others who promoted these technologies and the farm families who largely succeeded in adapting them to rural culture.

Combining mastery of existing scholarship with a fresh approach to new material, Born in the Country continues to define the field of American rural history.