Farm and Factory

<p>Nelson . . . [is] one of the country's leading labor scholars. . . . [His] work provides an invaluable . . . guide to understanding a critical region . . . . --Ohio History<br /><br />. . . I learned quite a lot from reading <i>Farm and Factory</i> and this will certainly be the case for all who pick up this valuable and informative book. --Minnesota History<br /><br />. . . a valuable source for anyone concerned with regional and national tendencies in labor relations and ecomomic change over the last century. --American Political Science Review<br /><br />. . . a useful and well written synthesis of labor history in the Midwest in the period between 1880 and 1990. --Labor History<br /><br />. . . Nelson's work is most impressive in both its scope and depth. . . . a long-overdue study of the Midwest as a region distinct and important in the history of American labor. --Northwest Ohio Quarterly<br /><br />. . . a richly textured and much needed regional overview. --Journal of the West<br /><br />. . . a well written synthesis useful for classroom assignment in regional and social history. It is also a good starting point for a discussion of the future of the midwestern economy. --Wisconsin Magazine of History<br /><br /> . . . a work of superior scholarship [that] makes an original and important contribution to the field. --Nancy Gabin<br /><br />A useful source for the demographic and economic dynamics of the Midwest and a good starting point for entering the voluminous secondary literature on the nation's heartland. --The Journal of American History<br /><br />. . . it provides an insightful wide-ranging look at work and workers in the Midwest. It will certainly be a basic resource on regional history for years to come as well as a book that adds to our broader understanding of the nation's labor and economic history. --Indiana Magazine of History<br /><br />Solidly researched and eloquently written Nelson's work will long occupy well-deserved status as a redefinition of traditional midwestern history. --Illinois Historical Journal<br /><br />The great strength of Nelson's book lies in its up-to-date synthesis of various social history literatures . . . the study forms an exemplary American labor history. --Michigan Historical Review<br /><br />The writing is a model of clarity and economy; the examples are well chosen and the sources are complete. Nelson has presented a blueprint for a new way to think about and present labor history. --Agricultural History<br /><br /><i>Farm and Factory</i> deserves to take a place among the most respected books consulted by students of midwestern history --The Annals of Iowa<br /><br />Daniel Nelson illuminates the importance of the Midwest in U.S. labor history.</p>