The Heartland
An American History
New York : Penguin Press, 2019.
Format: Book
Description: xxvi, 399 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
"A history of a quintessentially American place - the rural and small town heartland -- that uncovers deep yet hidden currents of connection with the world"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Introduction : what is the nation, at heart? -- Between place and space : the pioneering politics of locality -- Meat in the middle : converging borderlands in the U.S. Midwest -- Hog-tied : the roots of the modern American empire -- The isolationist capital of America : hotbed of alliance politics -- Flownover states : the view from the middle of everything -- Home, land, security : exile, dispossession, and loss -- Conclusion : the nation, at heart.
Subjects:
Group identity -- Middle West.
Human geography -- Middle West.
Middle West -- History.
Middle West -- Civilization.
Group identity -- Middle West.
Human geography -- Middle West.
Middle West -- History.
Middle West -- Civilization.
ISBN:
9781594203572 (hardcover)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
HISTORY North Am. US Hog | Southeast | Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-386) and index.