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

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, (c)2015.Description: 1 online resource (214 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780813161471
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • HD8039 .S535 2015
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Contents:
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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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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