{"product_id":"the-lies-of-the-land-seeing-rural-america-for-what-it-is-and-isnt-0226826902","title":"The Lies of the Land: Seeing Rural America for What It Is-and Isnt","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0226826902\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Conn, Steven\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA \"piercing, unsentimental\" (New Yorker) history that boldly challenges the idea of a rural American crisis.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 were 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 dont exist and never did.In The Lies of the Land, 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 weve believed about rural America and to pursue better solutions to the very real challenges shared all across our nation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51677935534368,"sku":"NEW0226826902","price":21.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/81_96ZkrWXL.jpg?v=1779300074","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/the-lies-of-the-land-seeing-rural-america-for-what-it-is-and-isnt-0226826902","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}