{"product_id":"the-lies-of-the-land-seeing-rural-america-for-what-it-is-and-isnt-9780226826905","title":"The Lies of the Land: Seeing Rural America for What It Is--And Isn't","description":"\u003cb\u003eA new history that boldly challenges the idea of a rural American crisis.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e It seems everyone has an opinion about rural America. Is it gripped in a tragic decline? Or is it on the cusp of a glorious revival? Is it the key to understanding America today? Steven Conn argues that we're missing the real question: Is rural America even a thing? No, says Conn, who believes we see only what we want to see in the lands beyond the suburbs--fantasies about moral (or backward) communities, simpler (or repressive) living, and what it means to be authentically (or wrongheadedly) American. If we want to build a better future, Conn argues, we must accept that these visions don't exist and never did. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Lies of the Land\u003c\/i\u003e, Conn shows that rural America--so often characterized as in crisis or in danger of being left behind--has actually been at the center of modern American history, shaped by the same forces as everywhere else in the country: militarization, industrialization, corporatization, and suburbanization. Examining each of these forces in turn, Conn invites us to dispense with the lies and half-truths we've believed about rural America and to pursue better solutions to the very real challenges shared all across our nation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226826905\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320","brand":"Steven Conn","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43084082249909,"sku":"9780226826905","price":24.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_61ac0fb8-523f-4dfa-a885-e50a22ad21d6.jpg?v=1692110021","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-lies-of-the-land-seeing-rural-america-for-what-it-is-and-isnt-9780226826905","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}