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

Description: "Recounts the capitalist transformation of Iowa's family farms into today's agricultural industry through the lives and writings of Iowa novelist Paul Corey and poet Ruth Lechlitner. This anthropological biography analyzes their writing and correspondence to offer a perspective on an era (1925-1947) that saw financial collapse, rise of the Soviet Union, and rise and defeat of fascism"--

Review Quotes: "This book has great potential to become a classic in ethnographic studies, cultural critique, and
American history literature."
--Molly Doane, University of Illinois at Chicago

"The Dawn of Industrial Agriculture in Iowa uses the fiction, poetry, and letters of the married Midwestern writers Paul Corey and Ruth Lechlitner to illustrate the economic and political debates swirling around them."
--Isis: Journal of the History of Science