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| Genre/Form: | History |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Jon Lauck; Gleaves Whitney; Joseph Hogan |
| ISBN: | 9781496201829 1496201825 |
| OCLC Number: | 1031917193 |
| Description: | xxiii, 365 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| 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. |
| Responsibility: | edited and with an introduction by Jon K. Lauck, Gleaves Whitney, and Joseph Hogan. |
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"Engaging, provocative, and cogently argued. . . . This collection provides an insightful, perceptive, smart regional consciousness. This book will make its mark as an important contribution to the intellectual history of the Midwest as well as to the historiography of the region."-R. Douglas Hurt, professor of history at Purdue University and author of The Big Empty: The Great Plains in the Twentieth Century -- R. Douglas Hurt "[The editors and contributors] have made a strong case for revisiting midwestern regionalism. . . . The book is written in clear, precise, lively, and often evocative prose."-Michael Allen, professor of history at the University of Washington Tacoma -- Michael Allen "This new edited collection stands as an important guidepost for some of the more recent trends and issues in the new midwestern history. It is a superb collection on an important topic. It is a unique contribution to the rebirth of midwestern history."-Gregory Schneider, professor of history at Emporia State University and author of Rock Island Requiem: The Collapse of a Mighty Fine Line -- Gregory Schneider "This engaging collection of essays examines midwestern history from a wide variety of perspectives, offering valuable insights into the region."-William C. Barnett, Annals of Iowa -- William C. Barnett * Annals of Iowa * "Together the essays offer multiple ways of defining, identifying, understanding, and grappling with the Midwest and its history. They pose crucial questions and suggest some important conversations for the field."-Annette Atkins, Missouri Historical Review -- Annette Atkins * Missouri Historical Review * "The editors and authors deliver a rewarding excursion into a new field. Readers interested in the Midwest will come away with a greatly enriched appreciation for the region."-Jonathan Kasparek, kirkcenter.org -- Jonathan Kasparek * kirkcenter.org * "Collectively, the book's contributors illuminate the richness and complexity of the field, and they articulate why the Midwest deserves consideration anew in both scholarly research and the popular imagination."-Elizabeth Grennan Browning, Michigan Historical Review -- Elizabeth Grennan Browning * Michigan Historical Review * "In 2015, a group of historians met in Michigan to reinvigorate the study of midwestern history. The result of the meeting was a series of essays published in this engaging volume. Individual essays cover virtually every imaginable topic of the history of the American Midwest. . . . This book could be assigned in advanced undergraduate courses, and any faculty or academic staff whose teaching even remotely deals with the Midwest should read this book."-J. Shelton, Choice -- J. Shelton * Choice * "Finding a New American History [is] a valiant effort . . . like the area it treats, it's unexpected, intensely satisfying, and full of riches."-Steve Donoghue, Open Letters Review -- Steve Donoghue * Open Letters Review * "This new book reflects the laudable strengthening of Midwestern academic studies in recent years and is another important contribution to Midwestern studies by the University of Nebraska Press."-Omaha World-Herald * Omaha World-Herald * Read more...
