Farm and factory
Subtitle: workers in the Midwest, 1880-1990
By: Daniel Nelson.
Series: Midwestern history and culture
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Bloomington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
Subjects: Working class -- Middle West -- History -- 19th century.; Working class -- Middle West -- History -- 20th century.; Farmers -- Middle West -- History -- 19th century.; Farmers -- Middle West -- History -- 20th century.; Labor policy -- Middle West -- History -- 20th century.; Middle West -- Economic conditions.
Description: Farm and Factory illuminates the importance of the Midwest in U.S. labor history. America's heartland - often overlooked in studies focusing on other regions, or particular cities or industries - has a distinctive labor history characterized by the sustained, simultaneous growth of both agriculture and industry. Since the transfer of labor from farm to factory did not occur in the Midwest until after World War II, industrialists recruited workers elsewhere, especially from Europe and the American South.

The region's relatively underdeveloped service sector - shaped by the presumption that goods were more desirable than service - ultimately led to agonizing problems of adjustment as agriculture and industry evolved in the late twentieth century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-238) and index.