The Dawn of Industrial Agriculture in Iowa: Anthropology, Literature, and History

by E. Paul Durrenberger

Book Overview

In The Dawn of Industrial Agriculture in Iowa E. Paul Durrenberger recounts the transformation of Iowa's family farms into today's agricultural industry through the lens of the lives and writings of Iowa novelist Paul Corey and poet Ruth Lechlitner. This anthropological biography analyzes Corey's fiction, Lechlitner's poetry, and their professional and personal correspondence to offer a new perspective on an era (1925-1947) that saw the collapse...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1646422074
• ISBN13: 9781646422074
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: University Press of Colorado
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up