Knights of the Plow: Oliver H. Kelley and the Origins of the Grange in Republican Ideology (Henry a Wallace Series on Agricultural History and Rural Studies) (Spiral bound)
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all these other countries) 5 days to go | |Short Description for Knights of the Plow Knights of the Plow analyzes the ideological origins of the Grange. It traces the incubation adn the birth of a radical farm organization during the economic and social upheaval in rural America in the 1850s and 1860s, primarily through the life and ideas of Grange founder Oliver Kelley and his early Minnesota and Illinois Associates. Based on intensive research in newspapers and unpublished archi...
Full description- Publisher: Purdue University Press
- Published: 24 May 2013
- Format: Spiral bound 276 pages
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- Categories: Political Ideologies | Agriculture & Farming | Animal Husbandry | American Civil War | Natural History
- ISBN 13: 9781557532633 ISBN 10: 155753263X
- Sales rank: 881,963
Full description for Knights of the Plow
Knights of the Plow analyzes the ideological origins of the Grange. It traces the incubation adn the birth of a radical farm organization during the economic and social upheaval in rural America in the 1850s and 1860s, primarily through the life and ideas of Grange founder Oliver Kelley and his early Minnesota and Illinois Associates. Based on intensive research in newspapers and unpublished archival sources and on the material culture and symbolism of Grange ritual, this book depicts the tumultuous early years of the Grange from the perspective of its most important organizer.
