Meatpacking America: How Migration, Work, and Faith Unite and Divide the Heartland

by Kristy Nabhan-Warren

Book Overview

Whether valorized as the heartland or derided as flyover country, the Midwest became instantly notorious when COVID-19 infections skyrocketed among workers in meatpacking plants--and Americans feared for their meat supply. But the Midwest is not simply the place where animals are fed corn and then butchered. Native midwesterner Kristy Nabhan-Warren spent years interviewing Iowans who work in the meatpacking industry, both native-born residents and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 146966349X
• ISBN13: 9781469663494
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.7" x 9.2"