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

Kristy Nabhan-Warren spent more than seven years interviewing native-born Iowa 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 religion...

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Main Author:	Nabhan-Warren, Kristy (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2021]
Subjects:	Immigrants > Religious life > West North Central States. Americans > Religious life > West North Central States. 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.

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