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"Nelson... [is] one of the countryâs leading labor scholars.... [His] work provides an invaluable... guide to understanding a critical region...." âOhio History
"... I learned quite a lot from reading Farm and Factory, and this will certainly be the case for all who pick up this valuable and informative book." âMinnesota History
"... a valuable source for anyone concerned with regional and national tendencies in labor relations and ecomomic change over the last century." âAmerican Political Science Review
"... a useful and well written synthesis of labor history in the Midwest in the period between 1880 and 1990." âLabor History
"... Nelsonâs 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." âNorthwest Ohio Quarterly
"... a richly textured and much needed regional overview." âJournal of the West
"... 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." âWisconsin Magazine of History
"... a work of superior scholarship [that] makes an original and important contribution to the field." âNancy Gabin
"â¦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 nationâs heartland." âThe Journal of American History
"... 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 nationâs labor and economic history." âIndiana Magazine of History
"Solidly researched and eloquently written, Nelsonâs work will long occupy well-deserved status as a redefinition of traditional midwestern history." âIllinois Historical Journal
"The great strength of Nelsonâs book lies in its up-to-date synthesis of various social history literatures... the study forms an exemplary American labor history." âMichigan Historical Review
"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." âAgricultural History
"Farm and Factory deserves to take a place among the most respected books consulted by students of midwestern history" âThe Annals of Iowa
Daniel Nelson illuminates the importance of the Midwest in U.S. labor history.
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