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1 online resource |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The founders of civilization : culture and agriculture in Iowa -- Carnival in the countryside : sideshows and showmen -- A finer rural civilization : the farm family and the "drift to the cities" -- A bumper crop of entertainment : fair men, midways and spectacles -- Agricultural lag : the fair in fiction, in film, and on canvas -- Conclusion: The fair and Iowa's history. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Iowa State Fair -- History.
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Iowa State Fair. |
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History. |
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Country life -- Iowa -- History.
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Country life. |
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Iowa. |
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Agricultural exhibitions -- Iowa -- History.
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Agricultural exhibitions. |
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Iowa -- Rural conditions.
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Iowa -- Social life and customs.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Agronomy -- Crop Science. |
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Rural conditions. |
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Agronomy -- General. |
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Manners and customs. |
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI) |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Rasmussen, Chris (Chris Allen). Carnival in the countryside. Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, 2015 (DLC) 2015005559 |
| ISBN |
9781609383589 (electronic book) |
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1609383583 (electronic book) |
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9781609383572 (paperback ; acid-free paper) |
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1609383575 |
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