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1. Island Refashioning: The Nantucket Agricultural Society, 1856-1880.

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Alsop, James D.

Subjects
*AGRICULTURE, *AGRICULTURAL industries, *SOCIETIES, *ASSOCIATIONS, institutions, etc., *ECONOMIC development, MASSACHUSETTS state history
Abstract

Discusses the impact of the Nantucket Agricultural Society (NAS), which was formed in 1856 in the island of Nantucket, Massachusetts, in order to bring prosperity back to the island. Promotion of the development of a stable, self-supporting society; Role of NAS in the annual agricultural, craft, and cattle show; Pursuit of a distinct vision for the economic and social stability of Nantucket.

Published
2004

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