Finding a new midwestern history

著者

• Lauck, Jon
• Whitney, Gleaves
• Hogan, Joseph

書誌事項

Finding a new midwestern history

edited and with an introduction by Jon K. Lauck, Gleaves Whitney, and Joseph Hogan

University of Nebraska Press, c2018

• : cloth

注記

Includes index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

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 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.

目次

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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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BC01995555
• ISBN:
  • 9781496201829
• LCCN: 2017053349
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Lincoln
• ページ数/冊数: xxiii, 365 p.
• 大きさ: 24 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : F351
  • DC23 : 977
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Middle West -- History