Carnival in the Countryside: The History of the Iowa State Fair

von Chris Rasmussen

240 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

More than a century and a half after its founding, the Iowa State Fair is the state's central institution, event, and symbol. At the sametime that they enjoy fried candy bars and roller coasters, Iowans also compete to raise the best corn, to make the best jams, and rear the finest sheep and the handsomest horses. This tension between entertainment and agriculture goes back all the way to the fair's founding, as Chris Rasmussen shows in this thought provoking history.

• Reihe: Iowa and the Midwest Experienc
• Themen: Technologie, Ingenieurswissenschaft, Landwirtschaft, Industrieprozesse Landwirtschaft
• ISBN: 9781609383572
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 15.08.2015
• Größe: 226 x 155 mm
• Verlag: University of Iowa Press