{"product_id":"finding-a-new-midwestern-history-9781496222350","title":"Finding a New Midwestern History","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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, \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“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 \u003ci\u003eThe Big Empty: The Great Plains in the Twentieth Century\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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, \u003ci\u003eMissouri Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eFinding a New Midwestern History\u003c\/i\u003e aims to invigorate the field of midwestern history, and its collection of essays succeeds at providing an expansive overview of potential areas of study.\"—Rachel Boyle, \u003ci\u003eNebraska History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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, \u003ci\u003eMichigan Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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.\"—\u003ci\u003eOmaha World-Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The result isn’t comprehensive (even ten such volumes couldn’t claim to be), but the menu is richly varied. . . There is no single ‘Midwest,’ of course, but projects such as this . . . offer a much-needed alternative to disdain and cheerleading alike.”—John Wilson, \u003ci\u003eFirst Things\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\"This engaging collection of essays examines midwestern history from a wide variety of perspectives, offering valuable insights into the region.\"—William C. Barnett, \u003ci\u003eAnnals of Iowa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"This is a valuable contribution to a reenergized field of study. Students of midwestern history will need to be familiar with it, and the region’s academic and public libraries will want to add it to their collections.\"—Robert G. Barrows, \u003ci\u003eIndiana Magazine of History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eFinding a New American History\u003c\/i\u003e [is] a valiant effort . . . like the area it treats, it's unexpected, intensely satisfying, and full of riches.\"—Steve Donoghue, \u003ci\u003eOpen Letters Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations    \u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Toward a New Midwestern History    \u003cbr\u003e Jon K. Lauck, Joe Hogan, and Gleaves Whitney\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part 1. The Midwest as a Region\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. The Birth of the Midwest and the Rise of Regional Theory    \u003cbr\u003e Michael C. Steiner\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. How Nature and Culture Shaped Early Settlement in the Midwest    \u003cbr\u003e James E. Davis\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. First Cousins: The Civil War’s Impact on Midwestern Identity    \u003cbr\u003e Nicole Etcheson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part 2. The Midwest’s People\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. Native Americans and Midwestern History    \u003cbr\u003e Susan E. Gray\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. American and European Immigrant Groups in the Midwest by the Mid-Nineteenth Century    \u003cbr\u003e Gregory S. Rose\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6. Civic Life in a Midwestern Community    \u003cbr\u003e Paula M. Nelson\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7. Politics in the Promised Land: How the Great Migration Shaped the American Midwest    \u003cbr\u003e Jeffrey Helgeson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part 3. The Iconic Midwest\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 8. Midwestern Small Towns    \u003cbr\u003e John E. Miller\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 9. The Agrarian Midwest: A Geographic Analysis    \u003cbr\u003e Christopher R. Laingen\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 10. The Role of Sports in the Midwest    \u003cbr\u003e David R. McMahon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part 4. Midwestern Landscapes\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 11. The View from the River: Another Perspective on Midwestern History    \u003cbr\u003e Michael Allen\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 12. The Midwest’s Spiritual Landscapes    \u003cbr\u003e Jon Butler\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 13. The Development of Midwestern Cities    \u003cbr\u003e Jon Teaford\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part 5. The Midwest’s Voices\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 14. Of Murals and Mirrors: Midwest Regionalism Then and Now    \u003cbr\u003e Zachary Michael Jack\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 15. Midwestern Intellectuals    \u003cbr\u003e James Seaton\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 16. Midwestern Musicians    \u003cbr\u003e James P. Leary\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 17. Midwestern Writers: The Fourth Wave    \u003cbr\u003e David Pichaske\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part 6. The Midwestern Experience\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 18. The Upper Midwest as the Second Promised Land    \u003cbr\u003e Gleaves Whitney\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 19. Growing Up Midwestern    \u003cbr\u003e Pamela Riney-Kehrberg\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 20. The Best of Babbitt: The Midwestern Vision of Arthur Vandenberg    \u003cbr\u003e Hank Meijer\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 21. Of Conformity and Cosmopolitanism: Midwestern Identity since World War II    \u003cbr\u003e J. L. Anderson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e List of Contributors    \u003cbr\u003e Index    \u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409233191255,"sku":"9781496222350","price":21.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781496222350.jpg?v=1730506069","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/finding-a-new-midwestern-history-9781496222350","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}