Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Trucking Country Trucking Country Shane Hamilton "Trucking Country is a social history of long-haul trucking that explores the cotentious politics of free-market capitalism in post-World War II America. Shane Hamilton paints an eye-opening portrait… OL11877337W
Opening windows onto hidden lives Opening windows onto hidden lives Julie N. Zimmerman "Examines the embeddedness of rural and farm women's lives in rural sociological research conducted by the USDA's Division of Farm Population and Rural Life (1919-1953). Explores how early rural soci… OL15616718W
Little heathens Little heathens Mildred Armstrong Kalish A memoir from a schoolteacher of growing up in the heart of the Midwest during the Great Depression describes her close family life on an Iowa farm during a time of endless work and resourcefulness, … OL17736349W
Sociology in government Sociology in government Olaf F. Larson,Edward O. Moe,Julie N. Zimmerman xxii, 301 p. ; 23 cm OL19209544W
Worlds apart Worlds apart Cynthia M. Duncan First published in 1999, Worlds Apart examines poverty through the stories of real people in rural New England, Appalachia, and the Mississippi Delta. In this new edition, Duncan returns to her origi… OL19665723W
Walker Evans Walker Evans Walker Evans,Jeff L. Rosenheim,Douglas Eklund,Mia Fineman,Maria Morris Hambourg "In 1933, Walker Evans traveled to Cuba to take photographs for The Crime of Cuba, a book by the American journalist Carleton Beals. Beals's explicit goal was to expose the corruption of Cuban dictat… OL35160W