Going over home : a search for rural justice in an unsettled land / Charles D. Thompson, Jr.
Thompson, Charles D., Jr. (Charles Dillard), 1956- author.
2019
S417.T465 A3 2019 (Mapit)
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Title Going over home : a search for rural justice in an unsettled land / Charles D. Thompson, Jr.
Author Thompson, Charles D., Jr. (Charles Dillard), 1956- author.
ISBN 9781603589123 (paperback)
1603589120 (paperback)
9781603589130 (electronic book)
Published White River Junction, Vermont : Chelsea Green Publishing, [2019]
Language English
Description 231 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Call Number S417.T465 A3 2019
Dewey Decimal Classification 338.109755
Summary "An intimate portrait of the joys and hardships of rural life, as one man searches for community, equality, and tradition in Appalachia. Charles D. Thompson, Jr. was born in southwestern Virginia into an extended family of small farmers. Yet as he came of age he witnessed the demise of every farm in his family. Over the course of his own life of farming, rural education, organizing, and activism, the stories of his home place have been his constant inspiration, helping him identify with the losses of others and to fight against injustices. In Going Over Home, Thompson shares revelations and reflections, from cattle auctions with his grandfather to community gardens in the coal camps of eastern Kentucky, racial disparities of white and Black landownership in the South to recent work with migrant farm workers from Latin America. In this heartfelt first-person narrative, Thompson unpacks our country's agricultural myths and addresses the history of racism and wealth inequality and how they have come to bear on our nation's rural places and their people." -- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Opening, 1983
Rooting, 1959
Hauling, 1967
Culling, 1968-69
Propagating, 1972
Germinating, 1973
Pruning, 1974
Transplanting, 1975
Gleaning, 1976
Sowing, 1979
Digging, 1979-80
Cultivating, 1980-81
Grafting, 1982
Gathering, 1983
Reseeding, 1984
Raising, 1984
Harvesting, 1985
Processing, 1986
Selling, 1993
Reaping, 1997
Renewing, 1997, 2015
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