Cutting into the Meatpacking Line Workers and Change in the Rural Midwest

Name: Cutting into the Meatpacking Line Workers and Change in the Rural Midwest
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ISBN: 9780807846957

ISBN-10: 0807846953

ISBN-13: 9780807846957

Edition: 1998

Authors: Deborah Fink

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The nostalgic vision of a rural Midwest populated by independent family farmers hides the reality that rural wage labor has been integral to the region's development, says Deborah Fink. Focusing on the porkpacking industry in Iowa, Fink investigates the experience of the rural working class and highlights its significance in shaping the state's economic, political, and social contours. Fink draws both on interviews and on her own firsthand experience working on the production floor of a pork-processing plant. She weaves a fascinating account of the meatpacking industry's history in Iowaa history, she notes, that has been experienced differently by male and female, immigrant and native-born,…

Book details

List price: $55.00
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Publication date: 4/6/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.12" wide x 9.25" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 1.056
Language: English



Preface


Introduction



What is Your Problem, Ruth? an Anthropologist Gets a Job



What More Better Work Coulo You Ask For?



Frankly, She's Not Worth It



Who's Francisco?



Hey! You Guys Are Not Entitled


Epilogue


Notes


Index