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The farm at Holstein Dip : memoir of an Iowa boyhood /
Carroll Engelhardt's parents grew up in homes without electricity on farms without tractors and began farming in the same way. As a farm boy in northeastern Iowa, he thought that history happened only to important people in earlier times and more exotic places. After decades of teaching, he at...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Iowa City :
University of Iowa Press,
©2012.
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| Colección: | A bur oak book
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Carroll Engelhardt's parents grew up in homes without electricity on farms without tractors and began farming in the same way. As a farm boy in northeastern Iowa, he thought that history happened only to important people in earlier times and more exotic places. After decades of teaching, he at last perceived that history happens to us all, and he began writing this book. Set within the thoughtfully presented contexts of the technological revolution in American agriculture, the Second World War, the Cold War, and the emerging culture of affluence, The Farm at Holstein Dip is bo. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (238 pages). |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781609381356 1609381351 |