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Bygone Utopias and Farm Protest in the Rural Midwest - Returning Home (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
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Bygone Utopias and Farm Protest in the Rural Midwest - Returning Home (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
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This book explores those who long for "bygone utopias," times
before rapid, culturally destructive social change stripped
individuals of their perceived agency. The case of the wave of
foreclosure protests that swept through the rural American Midwest
during the 1930s illustrates these themes. These actions embodied a
utopian understanding of agrarian society that had largely
disappeared by the late 19th century: hundreds to thousands of
people fixed public auctions of foreclosed farms, returning owners'
property and giving them a second chance to save their farm.
Comparisons to later movements, including the National Farmers'
Organization and the protests surrounding the 1980s Farm Crisis
highlight the importance of culturally catastrophic social change
occurring at a breakneck pace in fomenting these types of bygone
utopian actions. These activists and movements should cause
scholars to re-think what it means to be conservative and how we
view conservatism, helping us better understand why we're seeing a
contemporary resurgence in nationalist and reactionary movements
across the globe.
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