The Decline of an American Culture: A Harder, Yet Simpler Time
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: This work addresses whether there has been a decline in rural America, and more so delves into the decline of a rural American culture. The contributions to this decline, and its significance, are the main issues this paper aims to discuss. These are just a few of the questions this work will address. Using interviews, memoirs, cookbooks, and many other sources, this work applies a qualitative approach with the use of some quantitative data and is organized primarily thematically to answer the above-noted questions. The decline of rural America is examined through a cultural lens, focusing on the culinary habits, amongst other aspects, of rural women’s lives in Central Illinois during the twentieth century. This work argues that although there has been a slight decline in rural America, but even more concerning is the income gap between small and large-scale family farms, the significant increase of bioengineered, pesticide sprayed food, a decrease in organic foods, along with the decline of a rural American culture.
DOI: 10.82267/tind.519388
Author: Crank-Sowka, Kelly
Language: English
Subfield: Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Reduced inequalities
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7204121763
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