Between Memory and Reality: Family and Community in Rural Wisconsin, 1870-1970 / Edition 1

by Jane Marie Pederson

Overview

An Osseo native looks at the enduring power of immigrant traditions in rural Trempealeau County, from its pioneer days to recent decades.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780299132842
Publisher:	University of Wisconsin Press
Publication date:	10/15/1992
Series:	History of American Thought and Culture
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	332
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.90(d)

Table of Contents

	Illustrations	ix
	Map and Figures	xi
	Tables	xiii
	Acknowledgments	xv
	Introduction: Looking at Rural America	3
1	On Being "Left Behind"	14
2	Between Memory and Reality	32
3	The Men and the Mentality of Main Street	60
4	The Home Town and the Home Place: To Leave or Stay?	92
5	Salvation and Social Rituals of Community	116
6	Work: The Ethic and the Reality	139
7	Woman's Place, Woman's Work	157
8	The Country Visitor: Patterns of Rural Hospitality	186
9	From Peasant Pleasures to Victorian Virtues	205
	Conclusion: Mentalite and Locality in Rural Wisconsin	225
	Appendix A	235
	Appendix B	237

Editorial Reviews

Counters the "agrarian myth," that imagines American farms as bucolic backwaters that have remained unchanged for centuries. Traces the evolution of family and community life in rural Wisconsin through the century that saw rapid industrialization and the migration of a majority of Americans to the cities. Paper edition (unseen), $17.95. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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