{"product_id":"global-heartland-9780253019271","title":"Global Heartland","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Faranak Miraftab's book, Global Heartland, the life of the meatpacker is vividly brought to life. Miraftab studies the lived-realities of meatpacking laborers to understand how the industry has influenced the economic revitalization and social transformation of the small, rural community of Beardstown, Illinois, while arguing that the thriving economy and cultural diversity successes of the area obscure larger narratives about the unequal global ties that enabled these changes.\u003c\/p\u003e * Antipode *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFaranak Miraftab's powerful and, at times, very personal study of the meat-packing industry in Beardstown, Illinois, offers an exemplary analysis of the relational character of place. The book challenges us to think seriously about places that are all too often located at the periphery of mainstream urban theory.\u003c\/p\u003e * AAG Review of Books *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe depth and breadth of this book show it was a decade in the making. Miraftab has carried out a rich multi-sited ethnography to help us understand the transbordering factors and relations that produce and revitalize Beardstown, a meatpacking town in Illinois. \u003c\/p\u003e * International Journal of Urban and Regional Research *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart I. Beardstown: A Place in the World\u003cbr\u003e1. Welcome to Porkopolis\u003cbr\u003e2. It All Changed Overnight\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart II. Displaced Labor\u003cbr\u003e3. \"Michoacán's Largest Export is People\"\u003cbr\u003e4. \"Winning the Lotto in Togo\"\u003cbr\u003e5. Detroit: \"The First Third World City of the U.S.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart III. Outsourced Lives\u003cbr\u003e6. Global Restructuring of Social Reproduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart IV. We Wanted Workers, We Got People\u003cbr\u003e7. We Wanted Workers\u003cbr\u003e8. We Got People\u003cbr\u003eConclusion: The Global in my Backyard\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix 1: Population and Labor Tables\u003cbr\u003eAppendix 2: Schedule and Profile of Interviewees\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eReferences\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400552096087,"sku":"9780253019271","price":56.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780253019271.jpg?v=1730470964","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/global-heartland-9780253019271","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}