Honest to goodness farmers: rural Iowa in American culture during the Great Depression

During the 1930s a large number of cultural artifacts presented rural Iowa to national audiences as an ideal place where the "real" America still flourished despite the harsh realities of the Great Depression. Artist Grant Wood's lush landscapes, novelist Phil Stong's trustworthy...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Anderson, Wayne Gary
Other Authors: Marra, Kim, 1957-
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: University of Iowa 2014
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Online Access:https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/2036
https://ir.uiowa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=6681&context=etd