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או
A folksy look at farm life in rugged Putnam Valley just as it was being transformed by industrialization and mechanization.
| כותר |
Life on a rocky farm [electronic resource] : rural life near New York City in the late nineteenth century / Lucas C. Barger transcribed and with an introduction by Peter A. Rogerson. |
|---|---|
| מהדורה |
1st ed. |
| מוציא לאור |
Albany, N.Y. : Excelsior Editions/State University of New York Press |
| שנה |
2013 |
| הערות |
Description based upon print version of record. Includes bibliographical references. English |
| הערת תוכן ותקציר |
""Life on a Rocky Farm: Rural Life near New York City in the Late Nineteenth Century"" ""Contents"" ""Foreword by the Author"" ""Preface"" ""Acknowledgments"" ""Editor�s Introduction"" ""Sources"" ""Chapter One: Introduction"" ""People of Putnam Valley"" ""Exodus of Youth as a Cause of Abandoned Farms"" ""Successful Farmer on Smooth Farm in Rocky Country"" ""Chapter Two: What Grandpop Said"" ""Chapter Three: Handcrafts�Ways of Making Money"" ""Ship Timber"" ""Cordwood"" ""Railroad Ties"" ""Tanbark"" ""Handles"" ""The Axe"" ""Baskets"" ""Hoop Poles"" ""Charcoal"" ""The Squaw Man""""Chapter Four: Incomes Directly From Nature"" ""Furs"" ""Nuts"" ""Roots and Herbs"" ""Bees"" ""Honey from Bees"" ""Sheep"" ""Turkeys"" ""Chickens"" ""Fruits and Vegetables"" ""Vinegar"" ""Dried Apples"" ""Maple Syrup"" ""Other Income�Summer Boarders"" ""Chapter Five: Life of the Rocky Farm Women"" ""Griddlecakes, etc."" ""Foods"" ""Women Fishing"" ""Making Bread"" ""Wife Instructs Husband Variously"" ""Picking Geese"" ""Women�s Work�Flax"" ""Woolen Goods"" ""Women�Smoking"" ""Knitting"" ""Knitting Sheath (“Shathe�)"" ""Dress Fashions (Men�s and Women�s)""""Dyeing�Children�s Work, etc."" ""Making Soap"" ""Lighting Facilities"" ""Matches and Fire"" ""House Cat"" ""Chapter Six: Life of the Rocky Farm Men"" ""Planting"" ""Sowing Grain"" ""Swamps and Marshes�Cranberries, Blueberries, Garden Truck"" ""Poison Sumac and Poison Ivy"" ""Farmer�s Breakfast"" ""Comparison of Western and Eastern Farming"" ""Chapter Seven: Sports and Animals"" ""Hunting"" ""Fish�Eels"" ""Game�Quails"" ""Game�Pigeon"" ""Game�Squirrels and Rabbits"" ""Game�Partridge"" ""Game�Woodchuck"" ""Game�Skunk""""Snakes"" ""Various Animals"" ""Chapter Eight: Country Store and Election"" ""Country Store"" ""Election"" ""Chapter Nine: Education, Religion, and War"" ""The Red Schoolhouse"" ""Religion and War"" ""Chapter Ten: Frolics"" ""Frolics (Bees)"" ""The Buckwheat Frolic"" ""Corn-Husking Frolic"" ""Chapter Eleven: The Country Fair"" ""Chapter Twelve: Social Life"" ""Church Socials"" ""Weddings"" ""Dance, Music"" ""Valentines"" ""Appendix I: Country Dialect"" ""Appendix II: The Visit"" ""Appendix III: The Quilting Frolic"" |
| סדרה |
Excelsior Editions |
| היקף החומר |
1 online resource (190 p.) |
| שפה |
אנגלית |
| מספר מערכת |
997010708424705171 |
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