Great Plains Studies, Center for
Date of this Version
May 2002
Abstract
The title of this book seeks to link the people whose lives it examines with the tale of the Joad family in John Steinbeck's classic The Grapes of Wrath. In addition, the author sets forth four ambitious goals.
The book reports on research funded by the Oklahoma Department of Commerce and conducted by sociologist Robert Lee Maril, assisted by staff and students from Oklahoma State University. The researchers examined the daily lives of Oklahomans in three households in each of four low-income neighborhoods in two cities and two small towns. Interestingly, no truly rural households were included.
Comments
Published in Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 22, no. 2 (Spring 2002). Published by the Center for Great Plains Studies, University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Copyright © 2000 Center for Great Plains Studies. Used by permission.