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: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469663481
• ISBN13: 9781469663487
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"