{"product_id":"barnstorming-the-prairies-9780816677511","title":"Barnstorming the Prairies","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eBarnstorming the Prairies\u003c\/i\u003e deepens our understanding of the Midwest and attitudes toward it in the twentieth century. It is original, authoritative, and an engaging read.\"—Joni Kinsey, University of Iowa\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Amazing, refreshing, and thought-provoking.\"—\u003ci\u003eLeonardo Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An important contribution to the literature on ethnographic and visual history.\"—\u003ci\u003eCHOICE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Enthusiasts of visual culture, history, and rural life should welcome this book, which performs significant cultural work itself in reorienting scholarly views of the Midwest, and is a strong contribution to the current recentering of the Midwest in American cultural studies.\"—\u003ci\u003eThe Annals of Iowa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The in-depth text and the extensive visuals—aerial photos and maps, as well as painting, cinema, and architecture—together reveal aerial vision’s fundamental contribution to the regional identity of the Midwest.\"—\u003ci\u003eMinnesota History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Illustrated with 19th-century bird’s-eye views, airplane route maps, and Grant Wood paintings, \u003ci\u003eBarnstorming the Prairies\u003c\/i\u003e shows how the modern invention of flight couldn’t have been better timed to shape modern painting, silent-era filmmaking, and even the planning of New Deal suburbs.\"—\u003ci\u003eArchitecture Minnesota\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"His specialty in art history, along with a deep understanding of geography, architecture, and planning, provides a well-rounded and thoughtful treatment of the topic that is truly multidisciplinary and relevant to any student or resident of the Great Plains.\"—\u003ci\u003eGreat Plains Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Productively combining cultural history, visual theory, science studies, art history and geography, the book will interest a diverse readership.\"—\u003ci\u003eVisual Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Readers will learn about an important shift in American culture from a regional perspective.\"—\u003ci\u003eThe Michigan Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A model for analyzing aeriality across various media and in multiple guises, making it a comprehensive read that would prove useful in various courses, from art history to architectural and urban history.\"—\u003ci\u003ePanorama\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Aeriality and Midwesternness \u003cbr\u003e1. Pioneering Visions: The Midwestern Grid, the Atlas, and an Aerial Imagination\u003cbr\u003e2. Managerial Mosaics: New Deal Aerial Photography and the Marshaling of Rural America\u003cbr\u003e3. Adaptive Aeriality: Grant Wood, the Regional Landscape, and Modernity\u003cbr\u003e4. Jeffersonian Urbanism: Frank Lloyd Wright, Aerial Pattern, and the Broadacre City\u003cbr\u003eConclusion: Over the Rainbow\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405968023895,"sku":"9780816677511","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780816677511.jpg?v=1730494081","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/barnstorming-the-prairies-9780816677511","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}