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Barns of the Midwest

Barns of the Midwest

Paperback

General ArchitectureGeneral SociologyRegional: Midwest

ISBN10: 0821423428
ISBN13: 9780821423424
Publisher: Ohio Univ Pr
Published: Sep 11 2018
Pages: 318
Weight: 1.10
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.90 Depth: 9.90
Language: English

Originally published in 1995, Barns of the Midwest is a masterful example of material cultural history. It arrived at a critical moment for the agricultural landscape. The 1980s were marked by farm foreclosures, rural bank failures, the continued rise of industrialized agriculture, and severe floods and droughts. These waves of disaster hastened the erosion of the idea of a pastoral Heartland knit together with small farms and rural values. And it wasn't just an idea that was eroded; material artifacts such as the iconic Midwestern barn were also rapidly wearing away.

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