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xxiii, 365 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : Toward a new Midwestern history / Jon K. Lauck, Joseph Hogan, and Gleaves Whitney -- pt. 1. The Midwest as a region. The birth of the Midwest and the rise of regional theory / Michael C. Steiner ; How nature and culture shaped early settlement in the Midwest / James E. Davis ; First cousins : The Civil War's impact on midwestern identity / Nicole Etcheson -- pt. 2. The Midwest's people. Native Americans and Midwestern history / Susan E. Gray ; American and European immigrant groups in the Midwest by the mid-nineteenth century / Gregory S. Rose ; Civic life in a Midwestern community / Paula M. Nelson ; Politics in the promised land : how the Great Migration shaped the American Midwest / Jeffrey Helgeson -- pt. 3. The iconic Midwest. Midwestern small towns / John E. Miller ; The agrarian Midwest : a geographic analysis / Christopher R. Laingen ; The role of sports in the Midwest / David R. McMahon -- pt. 4. Midwestern landscapes. The view from the river : another perspective on midwestern history / Michael Allen ; The Midwest's spiritual landscapes / Jon Butler ; The development of midwestern cities / Jon Teaford -- pt. 5. The Midwest's voices. Of murals and Mirrors : Midwest regionalism then and now / Zachary Michael Jack ; Midwestern intellectuals / James Seaton ; Midwestern musicians / James P. Leary ; Midwestern writers : the fourth wave / David Pichaske -- pt. 6. The Midwestern experience. the upper Midwest as the second promised land / Gleaves Whitney ; Growing up midwestern / Pamela Riney-Kehrberg ; The best of Babbitt : the midwestern vision of Arthur Vandenberg / Hank Meijer ; Of conformity and cosmopolitanism : midwestern identity since World War II / J.L. Anderson. |
| Summary |
In comparison to such regions as the South, the far West, and New England, the Midwest and its culture have been neglected both by scholars and by the popular press. Historians as well as literary and art critics tend not to examine the Midwest in depth in their academic work. And in the popular imagination, the Midwest has never really ascended to the level of the proud, literary South; the cultured, democratic Northeast; or the hip, innovative West Coast. Finding a New Midwestern History revives and identifies anew the Midwest as a field of study by promoting a diversity of viewpoints and lending legitimacy to a more in-depth, rigorous scholarly assessment of a large region of the United States that has largely been overlooked by scholars. The essays discuss facets of midwestern life worth examining more deeply, including history, religion, geography, art, race, culture, and politics, and are written by well-known scholars in the field such as Michael Allen, Jon Butler, and Nicole Etcheson. ; From publisher's description. |
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Middle West -- History.
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Middle West. (OCoLC)fst01240052
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628.
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| Added Author |
Lauck, Jon, 1971- editor, writer of introduction.
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Whitney, Gleaves, editor, writer of introduction.
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Hogan, Joseph, 1946- editor, writer of introduction.
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| ISBN |
9781496201829 (hardcover : alkaline paper) |
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1496201825 (hardcover : alkaline paper) |
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9781496208798 (electronic book) |
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9781496208804 (mobi) |
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9781496208811 (electronic pdf) |
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