Indiana\'s pioneers came to southern Indiana to turn the dream of an America based on Family Farming into a reality.
An authority on the early rural history of Appalachia, he is the author of Appalachia\'s Path to Dependency (1994).. in comparative history From Brandeis University and teaches history at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College near Terre Haute, Indiana.
About author(s): Paul Salstrom holds a Ph.
D.
When people talk about supporting Family farming, as Salstrom notes, the issue is a societal one with a greater population involved than just the farmers themselves.
Hoosier Farming was an inter-dependent activity leading to a society of borrowing andloaning.
Salstrom examines this independence and finds the label to be less than adequate.
The golden age prior to the Civil War led to a post-War preserving of the independent Family farmer.
Indiana\'s pioneers came to southern Indiana to turn the dream of an America based on Family Farming into a reality