Carnival in the countryside : the history of the Iowa State Fair /

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Rasmussen, Chris (Chris Allen)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, 2015.
Series:Iowa and the midwest experience
Subjects:
Iowa State Fair > History.
Iowa State Fair
Country life > Iowa > History.
Agricultural exhibitions > Iowa > History.
Agriculture > Expositions > Iowa > Histoire.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Agronomy > Crop Science.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Agronomy > General.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
Agricultural exhibitions
Country life
Manners and customs
Rural conditions
Iowa > Rural conditions.
Iowa > Social life and customs.
Iowa > Conditions rurales.
Iowa > Mœurs et coutumes.
Iowa
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The founders of civilization : culture and agriculture in Iowa
  • Carnival in the countryside : sideshows and showmen
  • A finer rural civilization : the farm family and the "drift to the cities"
  • A bumper crop of entertainment : fair men, midways and spectacles
  • Agricultural lag : the fair in fiction, in film, and on canvas
  • Conclusion: The fair and Iowa's history.

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