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

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

"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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Main Author: Nabhan-Warren, Kristy (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2021.
Subjects:
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.
États du Centre-Nord-Ouest (États-Unis) > Mœurs et coutumes > 21e siècle.
États du Centre-Nord-Ouest (États-Unis) > Vie religieuse > 21e siècle.
États du Centre-Nord-Ouest (États-Unis) > Conditions économiques > 21e siècle.
États du Centre-Nord-Ouest (États-Unis) > Relations raciales.
United States > West North Central States
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Rosa: journeying to the dream
  • Homemaking
  • Rural faith encounters
  • Snapshots of rural priests
  • The work of God and hogs
  • Cattle: steered by faith
  • In the belly of the beast
  • Fulfilling dreams
  • Reyna: staying for the dream.

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