Description: In In Essentials, Unity, Jenny Bourne presents a lively picture of a fraternal organization--the Patrons of Husbandry, or the Grange--devoted to improving the lot of small farmers but whose legacies extend far beyond agriculture, shaping the very notion of collective action and how it is deployed even today.
Review Quotes: "This compact volume merges the economic and legal history of the Grange movement (originally known as the Patrons of Husbandry) and the Grange's role in the history of American agriculture....Summing Up: Recommended."--CHOICE