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MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas The Conservative Heartland A Political History
Book SynopsisIn the wake of the 2016 presidential election there was widespread shock that the Midwest, the Democrats' so-called blue wall, had been so effectively breached by Donald Trump. But the blue wall, as The Conservative Heartland makes clear, was never quite as secure as so many observers assumed.Trade ReviewThe Conservative Heartland is essential reading for anyone interested in how and why the Midwest has become America's most contested political battleground. Anchored by Lauck and Stock's superb introductory essay, a talented group of historians provide a tour d'horizon of the Midwest's economic and cultural fracture lines, revealing how the region became the proving ground for an enduring strain of conservative politics." - David Farber, Roy A. Roberts Distinguished Professor, University of Kansas, and author of The Rise and Fall of Modern American Conservatism"This timely book provides a trove of great information for people who want to understand the history and politics of the Midwest. Despite covering many subjects and using diverse methods, it is extremely readable and will be approachable and helpful for both scholars and students." - George Hawley, author of Right-Wing Critics of American Conservatism
£999.99
John Wiley & Sons The Liberal Heartland A Political History of the
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£25.16
John Wiley & Sons The Liberal Heartland A Political History of the
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£37.76
John Wiley & Sons North Country
Book SynopsisFrom the glacial past to the present day, these essays range across the histories of the Dakota and Ojibwe people, colonial imperial rivalries and immigration, and conflicts between the economic imperatives of resource extraction and the stewardship of nature.Trade ReviewFrom deep forests to Great Lakes, from Ojibwe to Finns, from the bones of a mastodon to the philosophy of Russel Kirk, the subjects of these engaging essays illuminate a subregion within the Midwest, one without the stereotypes of corn, soybeans, and factories. The particularities of the North Country offer fascinating evidence that place matters, that in the northern regions of Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota are people, land, and cultures that open distinctive insights into the American experiment."—James H. Madison, author of The Indiana Way: A State History"The Midwest is more than one geography, one livelihood, or one or two crops. North Country defines and explains this important sub-region of the Midwest, emphasizes place and culture as crucial elements of human existence, and provides a range of ways to think about both."—Paula M. Nelson, Professor Emeritus, Department of History, University of Wisconsin-Platteville
£18.86
University of Nebraska Press Finding a New Midwestern History
Book SynopsisThis 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.Trade 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“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"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"Finding a New Midwestern History 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, Nebraska History"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"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“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, First Things "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 "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, Indiana Magazine of History"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 ReviewTable of ContentsList 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
£40.50
University of Nebraska Press Finding a New Midwestern History
Book SynopsisThis 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. Trade 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“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"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"Finding a New Midwestern History 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, Nebraska History"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"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“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, First Things "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 "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, Indiana Magazine of History"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 ReviewTable of ContentsList 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
£21.59
MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas The Conservative Heartland A Political History
Book SynopsisIn the wake of the 2016 presidential election there was widespread shock that the Midwest, the Democrats' so-called blue wall, had been so effectively breached by Donald Trump. But the blue wall, as The Conservative Heartland makes clear, was never quite as secure as so many observers assumed.Trade ReviewThe Conservative Heartland is essential reading for anyone interested in how and why the Midwest has become America's most contested political battleground. Anchored by Lauck and Stock's superb introductory essay, a talented group of historians provide a tour d'horizon of the Midwest's economic and cultural fracture lines, revealing how the region became the proving ground for an enduring strain of conservative politics." - David Farber, Roy A. Roberts Distinguished Professor, University of Kansas, and author of The Rise and Fall of Modern American Conservatism"This timely book provides a trove of great information for people who want to understand the history and politics of the Midwest. Despite covering many subjects and using diverse methods, it is extremely readable and will be approachable and helpful for both scholars and students." - George Hawley, author of Right-Wing Critics of American Conservatism
£73.10
MP-OKL Uni of Oklahoma North Country Essays on the Upper Midwest and
Book SynopsisFrom the glacial past to the present day, these essays range across the histories of the Dakota and Ojibwe people, colonial imperial rivalries and immigration, and conflicts between the economic imperatives of resource extraction and the stewardship of nature.Trade ReviewFrom deep forests to Great Lakes, from Ojibwe to Finns, from the bones of a mastodon to the philosophy of Russel Kirk, the subjects of these engaging essays illuminate a subregion within the Midwest, one without the stereotypes of corn, soybeans, and factories. The particularities of the North Country offer fascinating evidence that place matters, that in the northern regions of Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota are people, land, and cultures that open distinctive insights into the American experiment."—James H. Madison, author of The Indiana Way: A State History"The Midwest is more than one geography, one livelihood, or one or two crops. North Country defines and explains this important sub-region of the Midwest, emphasizes place and culture as crucial elements of human existence, and provides a range of ways to think about both."—Paula M. Nelson, Professor Emeritus, Department of History, University of Wisconsin-Platteville
£53.55
John Wiley & Sons The Good Country
Book SynopsisAt the centre of American history is a hole - a gap where some scholars’ indifference or disdain has too long stood in for the true story of the American Midwest. A first-ever chronicle of the Midwest’s formative century, The Good Country restores this American heartland to its central place in the nation’s history.Trade Review“Of the myriad American diversities—racial, ethnic, religious, lifestyle—one is often neglected: the durable diversity of the nation’s regions. Jon K. Lauck redresses this imbalance by restoring the middle of the nation to its proper place in the middle of the national story. You do not need to be a Midwest chauvinist—I, a son of Central Illinois, am one—to appreciate his appreciation of this region’s nation-shaping role, and between 1861 and 1865 its nation-saving role.”—George F. Will“Lauck’s full-throated celebration of America’s democratic traditions is an invitation to today’s most important debate.”—John Mack Faragher, author of California: An American History“I know of no historian who has done such a superb job chronicling and framing the history of the American Midwest than Jon Lauck.” —Gregory L. Schneider, author of Rock Island Requiem: The Collapse of a Mighty Fine Line“In this detailed examination of 19th-century social history from Ohio westward to Nebraska, Lauck presents an impassioned defense of the American Midwest against its critics, marshaling a formidable set of historical and cultural data that future critics will not be able to ignore.”—Omaha World Herald"Well-researched and provocative."—The Washington Post“…the breadth and depth of Lauck’s research, and the amplitude of his footnotes, are all the defenses this book needs; I would recommend it as one of the first books of Midwest history a person might read.” – Phil Christman, The New Republic
£20.66
John Wiley & Sons The Plains Political Tradition Essays on South
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John Wiley & Sons Between Loving and Leaving Essays on the New Midwestern History
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South Dakota State Historical Society The Plains Political Tradition Essays on South
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£17.95
Belt Publishing City of Hustle: A Sioux Falls Anthology
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MP-OKL Uni of Oklahoma Prairie Republic The Political Culture of Dakota
Book SynopsisExamines the values we like to think were at work during the founding of America’s western states. Taking Dakota Territory as a laboratory for examining a formative stage of western politics, Jon Lauck finds that settlers from New England and the Midwest invoked democratic practices as guiding principles in the drive for South Dakota statehood.Trade ReviewSeldom is a major aspect of a historical period researched, written, and interpreted as brilliantly as Jon Lauck has done here. This very important book not only adds much to South Dakota history but also demonstrates methods and approaches that could well be used in studying other pioneer territories in the Midwest.—Gilbert C. Fite, author of The Farmers’ Frontier, 1865–1900
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