People of the Wheat
People of the Wheat
Culture and Cultivation in North Texas
Sharpless, Rebecca
University of Texas Press
03/2026
272
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Inglês
9781477333327
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List of Illustrations
Prologue: "Definitive Excellence"
Introduction: Soil and People
1. "Our Prairie Flour": Colonization, 1840-1861
2. "The Granary of the Confederate States": Civil War, 1861-1865
3. From Prairie to Production: Growing Wheat, 1865-1900
4. Oxen to Electricity: Milling, 1865-1900
5. From Biscuits to Angel Food Cake: Baking, 1865-1900
6. Wheat in the Spring and Cotton in the Fall: Growing, 1900-1940
7. Mechanization, Marketing, and Music: Milling, 1900-1940
8. Homemade Sweets and Standardized Bread: Baking, 1900-1940
9. Fading Glory, Waning Memory: 1940-1972
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Prologue: "Definitive Excellence"
Introduction: Soil and People
1. "Our Prairie Flour": Colonization, 1840-1861
2. "The Granary of the Confederate States": Civil War, 1861-1865
3. From Prairie to Production: Growing Wheat, 1865-1900
4. Oxen to Electricity: Milling, 1865-1900
5. From Biscuits to Angel Food Cake: Baking, 1865-1900
6. Wheat in the Spring and Cotton in the Fall: Growing, 1900-1940
7. Mechanization, Marketing, and Music: Milling, 1900-1940
8. Homemade Sweets and Standardized Bread: Baking, 1900-1940
9. Fading Glory, Waning Memory: 1940-1972
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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farming; agricultural history; automation; industrialization; rural industry; free labor; wheat farming; wheat processing; cultivation; milling; commercial baking; industry consolidation; Texas history; food and culture; farming and culture Dallas-Fort Worth; Kimbell Art Museum
List of Illustrations
Prologue: "Definitive Excellence"
Introduction: Soil and People
1. "Our Prairie Flour": Colonization, 1840-1861
2. "The Granary of the Confederate States": Civil War, 1861-1865
3. From Prairie to Production: Growing Wheat, 1865-1900
4. Oxen to Electricity: Milling, 1865-1900
5. From Biscuits to Angel Food Cake: Baking, 1865-1900
6. Wheat in the Spring and Cotton in the Fall: Growing, 1900-1940
7. Mechanization, Marketing, and Music: Milling, 1900-1940
8. Homemade Sweets and Standardized Bread: Baking, 1900-1940
9. Fading Glory, Waning Memory: 1940-1972
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Prologue: "Definitive Excellence"
Introduction: Soil and People
1. "Our Prairie Flour": Colonization, 1840-1861
2. "The Granary of the Confederate States": Civil War, 1861-1865
3. From Prairie to Production: Growing Wheat, 1865-1900
4. Oxen to Electricity: Milling, 1865-1900
5. From Biscuits to Angel Food Cake: Baking, 1865-1900
6. Wheat in the Spring and Cotton in the Fall: Growing, 1900-1940
7. Mechanization, Marketing, and Music: Milling, 1900-1940
8. Homemade Sweets and Standardized Bread: Baking, 1900-1940
9. Fading Glory, Waning Memory: 1940-1972
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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