Meatpacking America : how migration, work, and faith unite and divide the heartland /

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"Kristy Nabhan-Warren spent more than seven years interviewing Iowans-native-born residents and recent migrants from Latin America, Africa, and Asia alike. In Meatpacking America, she portrays the gritty realities of a Midwest that is a global hub for migration and food production-and also for...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Nabhan-Warren, Kristy (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2021.
Temas:
2000-2099
Immigrants > Religious life > West North Central States.
Americans > Religious life > West North Central States.
Cultural pluralism > West North Central States.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Emigration & Immigration.
Cultural pluralism.
Americans > Religious life.
Economic history.
Immigrants > Religious life.
Manners and customs.
Race relations.
Society & culture: general.
Society.
West North Central States > Social life and customs > 21st century.
West North Central States > Religious life and customs > 21st century.
West North Central States > Economic conditions > 21st century.
West North Central States > Race relations.
United States > West North Central States.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"Kristy Nabhan-Warren spent more than seven years interviewing Iowans-native-born residents and recent migrants from Latin America, Africa, and Asia alike. In Meatpacking America, she portrays the gritty realities of a Midwest that is a global hub for migration and food production-and also for religion. Here, Protestants, Catholics, and Muslims share space every day as worshippers, employees, and employers. Speaking from the bloody floors of meatpacking plants, bustling places of worship, and modest homes across vast flatlands dotted with confined animal feeding operations and processing plants, both native born and newly arrived Iowans explain their passion for religious faith and desire to work hard for their families. At the same time, their stories reveal how faith-based aspirations for mutual understanding blend uneasily with rampant economic exploitation of migrants and common racial biases"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xxii, 255 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781469663517
1469663511

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