02419cam a2200373 i 4500 763496083 TxAuBib 20230417120000.0 220211s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2021058927 9780700633555 alkaline paper 0700633553 alkaline paper (OCoLC)1300754948 TxAuBib rda Riney-Kehrberg, Pamela,. When a dream dies [Book] : agriculture, Iowa, and the farm crisis of the 1980s. Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, 2022. ©2022. xi, 288 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Purchased with funds in memory of Lyle Chesnut. Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction -- The go-go seventies -- 1979-1983, from fencerow to fencerow to failure -- 1984, the year of realization -- 1985, from penny auctions to declaration of emergency -- 1986, from fears of violence to glimmers of hope -- 1987-1993, from crisis to chronic -- Epilogue: last generation farmers. "Iowa in the 1980s-the state was at the epicenter of a nationwide agricultural collapse unmatched since the Great Depression. While farms failed and banks foreclosed, rural and small town Iowans watched and suffered, struggling to find effective ways to cope with the crisis. If families and communities were to endure, they would have to think about themselves, their farms, and their futures in new ways. When a Dream Dies examines the lives of ordinary Iowa farmers during the 1980s. For many Iowan families, this meant restructuring their lives or moving away from agriculture completely. Told from the perspective of Iowa, a state which arguably experienced the worst of the crisis, this project helps to explain how this disaster changed children, families, communities, and the development of the Midwest in the late twentieth century"-- Provided by publisher. 20230417. Agriculture Economic aspects. Farmers Economic conditions. Farmers Iowa Drama. History United States. Iowa History. Iowa History, Local.