Shake-out Iowa farm families in the 1980s / Mark Friedberger.

By:

Friedberger, Mark [Author]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780813161471

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Genre/Form:

Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

HD8039 .S535 2015

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Subject: The farm crisis of the 1980s quickly became a media event, with scenes depicted starkly in black and white on color TV. The embattled farmers, accompanied by their advocates, stood holding off bankers and sheriffs wielding foreclosure notices. In this new book, using findings from interviews and participant observation, agricultural historian Mark Friedberger peels away the emotion and rhetoric of the ""save the family farm"" movement to provide a realistic picture of what happened in on important farm state. Shake-out: Iowa Farm Families in the 1980s depicts the farm crisis of the 1980s in al.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	URL	Status	Date due	Barcode
Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD)	G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE	Non-fiction	HD8039 .32 U645 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Link to resource	Available		ocn900344706

Includes bibliographies and index.

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables; Preface; Introduction. Iowa's Rural Heritage; Chapter 1. Structure; Chapter 2. Boom; Chapter 3. Storm over the Country; Chapter 4. Mobilization; Chapter 5. Survival; Chapter 6. The Frugal Farmer; Chapter 7. Retrospect and Prospect; Appendix A. Data Collection; Appendix B. Farm Family Survey; Appendix C. Coding Scheme; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; W; Y.

The farm crisis of the 1980s quickly became a media event, with scenes depicted starkly in black and white on color TV. The embattled farmers, accompanied by their advocates, stood holding off bankers and sheriffs wielding foreclosure notices. In this new book, using findings from interviews and participant observation, agricultural historian Mark Friedberger peels away the emotion and rhetoric of the ""save the family farm"" movement to provide a realistic picture of what happened in on important farm state. Shake-out: Iowa Farm Families in the 1980s depicts the farm crisis of the 1980s in al.

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