2018 PA Books: Pennsylvania Farming

Pennsylvania Farming presents the first history of Pennsylvania agriculture in more than sixty years. Sally McMurry goes beyond a strictly economic approach and considers the diverse forces that helped shape the farming landscape, from physical factors to cultural repertoires to labor systems. Above all, the people who created and worked on Pennsylvania’s farms are placed at the center of attention. More than 150 photographs inform the interpretation, which offers a sweeping look at the evolution of Pennsylvania’s agricultural landscapes right up to the present day. Sally McMurry is professor emerita of history at Pennsylvania State University, and former president of the Agricultural History Society. Description courtesy of University of Pittsburgh Press.