This collection of essays revives and identifies anew the neglected study of the U.S. Midwest by promoting a diversity of viewpoints on midwestern history and culture.
This collection of essays revives and identifies anew the neglected study of the U.S. Midwest by promoting a diversity of viewpoints on midwestern history and culture.
Jon K. Lauck is an adjunct professor of history and political science at the University of South Dakota and the author of numerous books, including The Lost Region: Toward a Revival of Midwestern History. Gleaves Whitney is director of the Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies at Grand Valley State University near Grand Rapids in Michigan. He is the author or editor of sixteen books, including Colorado Front Range: A Landscape Divided. Joseph Hogan is the director of fact-checking at Retro Report, and has written for the New York Times, the Nation, and the Middle West Review.
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List of Illustrations Introduction: Toward a New Midwestern History Jon K. Lauck, Joe Hogan, and Gleaves Whitney Part 1. The Midwest as a Region Chapter 1. The Birth of the Midwest and the Rise of Regional Theory Michael C. Steiner Chapter 2. How Nature and Culture Shaped Early Settlement in the Midwest
James E. Davis Chapter 3. First Cousins: The Civil War’s Impact on Midwestern Identity Nicole Etcheson Part 2. The Midwest’s People Chapter 4. Native Americans and Midwestern History Susan E. Gray Chapter 5. American and European Immigrant Groups in the Midwest by the Mid-Nineteenth Century Gregory S. Rose Chapter 6. Civic Life in a Midwestern Community Paula M. Nelson Chapter 7. Politics in the Promised Land: How the Great Migration Shaped the American Midwest Jeffrey Helgeson Part 3. The Iconic Midwest Chapter 8. Midwestern Small Towns John E. Miller Chapter 9. The Agrarian Midwest: A Geographic Analysis Christopher R. Laingen Chapter 10. The Role of Sports in the Midwest David R. McMahon Part 4. Midwestern Landscapes Chapter 11. The View from the River: Another Perspective on Midwestern History Michael Allen Chapter 12. The Midwest’s Spiritual Landscapes Jon Butler Chapter 13. The Development of Midwestern Cities Jon Teaford Part 5. The Midwest’s Voices Chapter 14. Of Murals and Mirrors: Midwest Regionalism Then and Now Zachary Michael Jack Chapter 15. Midwestern Intellectuals James Seaton Chapter 16. Midwestern Musicians James P. Leary Chapter 17. Midwestern Writers: The Fourth Wave David Pichaske Part 6. The Midwestern Experience Chapter 18. The Upper Midwest as the Second Promised Land Gleaves Whitney Chapter 19. Growing Up Midwestern Pamela Riney-Kehrberg Chapter 20. The Best of Babbitt: The Midwestern Vision of Arthur Vandenberg Hank Meijer Chapter 21. Of Conformity and Cosmopolitanism: Midwestern Identity since World War II J. L. Anderson List of Contributors Index
List of Illustrations Introduction: Toward a New Midwestern History Jon K. Lauck, Joe Hogan, and Gleaves Whitney Part 1. The Midwest as a Region Chapter 1. The Birth of the Midwest and the Rise of Regional Theory Michael C. Steiner Chapter 2. How Nature and Culture Shaped Early Settlement in the Midwest
James E. Davis Chapter 3. First Cousins: The Civil War’s Impact on Midwestern Identity Nicole Etcheson Part 2. The Midwest’s People Chapter 4. Native Americans and Midwestern History Susan E. Gray Chapter 5. American and European Immigrant Groups in the Midwest by the Mid-Nineteenth Century Gregory S. Rose Chapter 6. Civic Life in a Midwestern Community Paula M. Nelson Chapter 7. Politics in the Promised Land: How the Great Migration Shaped the American Midwest Jeffrey Helgeson Part 3. The Iconic Midwest Chapter 8. Midwestern Small Towns John E. Miller Chapter 9. The Agrarian Midwest: A Geographic Analysis Christopher R. Laingen Chapter 10. The Role of Sports in the Midwest David R. McMahon Part 4. Midwestern Landscapes Chapter 11. The View from the River: Another Perspective on Midwestern History Michael Allen Chapter 12. The Midwest’s Spiritual Landscapes Jon Butler Chapter 13. The Development of Midwestern Cities Jon Teaford Part 5. The Midwest’s Voices Chapter 14. Of Murals and Mirrors: Midwest Regionalism Then and Now Zachary Michael Jack Chapter 15. Midwestern Intellectuals James Seaton Chapter 16. Midwestern Musicians James P. Leary Chapter 17. Midwestern Writers: The Fourth Wave David Pichaske Part 6. The Midwestern Experience Chapter 18. The Upper Midwest as the Second Promised Land Gleaves Whitney Chapter 19. Growing Up Midwestern Pamela Riney-Kehrberg Chapter 20. The Best of Babbitt: The Midwestern Vision of Arthur Vandenberg Hank Meijer Chapter 21. Of Conformity and Cosmopolitanism: Midwestern Identity since World War II J. L. Anderson List of Contributors Index
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