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Farm and Factory : Workers in the Midwest 1880-1990

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Farm and Factory illuminates the importance of the Midwest in U.S. labor history. America's heartland - often overlooked in studies focusing on other regions, or particular cities or industries - has a distinctive labor history characterized by the sustained, simultaneous growth of both agriculture and industry. Since the transfer of labor from farm to factory did not occur in the Midwest until after World War II, industrialists recruited workers elsewhere, especially from Europe and the American South. The region's relatively underdeveloped service sector - shaped by the presumption that goods were more desirable than service - ultimately led to agonizing problems of adjustment as agriculture and industry evolved in the late twentieth century.

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  • ISBN-13: 9780253328830
  • ISBN-10: 0253328837
  • Publisher: Indiana University Press
  • Publish Date: December 1995
  • Dimensions: 9.59 x 6.43 x 0.98 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.33 pounds
  • Page Count: 272

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