LEADER 03022cam 2200517 i 4500001 on1369032533 003 OCoLC 005 20231107141418.9 008 230103t20232023ilua b 001 0 eng 010 2022061280 040 ICU/DLC |beng |erda |cDLC |dBDX |dYDX |dOCLCF |dTOH |dOCLCO |dUKMGB |dIVJ |dYDX 020 9780226826905 |qhardcover 020 0226826902 |qhardcover 020 |z9780226826912 |qelectronic book 035 40032040413 035 (OCoLC)1369032533 042 pcc 043 n-us--- 050 00 HN57 |b.C594 2023 082 00 306.0973 |223/eng/20230206 100 1 Conn, Steven, |eauthor. |=^A406803 245 14 The lies of the land : |bseeing rural America for what it is--and isn't / |cSteven Conn. 246 3 Seeing rural America for what it is--and is not 264 1 Chicago, IL ;London : |bThe University of Chicago Press, |c2023. 264 4 |c©2023 300 x, 317 pages : |billustrations ; |c24 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 Preface : that empty feeling -- Introduction : crisis and myth -- Militarized space. Englneering the landscape; From rural community to army town; The Cold War comes to the UP; Postscript : addicted to the military -- Industrial spaces. Factories instead of farms; Cars in the cornfields -- Rural Inc. Who's afraid of big?; Chains "r" us -- The suburbanization of rural America. Creating post-rural space; The politics of post-rural complaint -- Conclusion : places vs. spaces. 520 "There's no such thing as rural America. Or, rather, as Steven Conn argues, "rural America" is a phrase that has been made to mean so many things that it doesn't mean anything. In fact, he maintains, rural America--so often characterized as in crisis or in danger of being left behind--has been shaped by the same major forces as the rest of the country since at least the end of the Civil War: militarization, industrialization, corporatization, and suburbanization. Conn calls for us to dispense with the fantasies and visions that are often imposed on rural America, in the hopes of more productively addressing the real challenges facing all of America"-- |cProvided by publisher. 651 0 United States |xRural conditions. |=^A3752 651 0 United States |xSocial conditions. |=^A1102 651 6 États-Unis |xConditions sociales. |?UNAUTHORIZED 650 0 Social history. |=^A762 650 0 History. |=^A26419 650 7 Rural conditions |2fast 650 7 Social conditions |2fast 651 7 United States |2fast |?UNAUTHORIZED 655 7 Local histories. |2lcgft 949 |i30372017708840 |ojjlm 960 |o1 |s29.00 |tJoyner48 |uJAPP |zUSD 596 1 998 6291179