Midwest Regional
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The Ohio
R. E. Banta
The Ohio gives us a rare portrait of the frontier era of this region, from backwoods entertainment to learning and the arts.
cloth 592 pp. 1949 reprinted 1998 / ISBN 0-8131-2098-5 / $39.95
Order No. 2345
paper 592 pp. 1949 reprinted 1998 / ISBN 0-8131-0959-0 / $19.95
Order No. 2283
The American Midwest: Essays on Regional History
Andrew R. L. Cayton and Susan E. Gray
In a series of often highly personal essays, the authors--all of whom are experts on various aspects of Midwestern history--consider the question of regional identity as a useful way of thinking about the history of the American Midwest. They suggest that the best place to find Midwesternness is in the stories the residents of the region have told about themselves and each other. Being Midwestern is mostly a state of mind. It is always fluid, always contested, always being renegotiated.
cloth 195 pp. 2001 / ISBN 0-253-33941-3 / $35.00
Order No. 2133
The Emerging Midwest: Upland Southerners and the Political
Nicole Etcheson
Examination of North and South migrants and the tensions between developing Midwestern identity and residual regional loyalties, from the Revolutionary to the Civil War.
cloth 143 pp. 1996 / ISBN 0-253-32994-9 / $39.95
Order No. 2259
Dictionary of Midwestern Literature: Volume One, The Authors
Philip A. Greasley
Surveys the lives and writings of nearly 400 Midwestern authors, and identifies some of the most important criticism of their writings.
cloth 553 pp. 2001 / ISBN 0-253-33609-0 / $59.95
Order No. 2059
Making the Corn Belt: A Geographical History of Middle-Western Agriculture
John C. Hudson
A complete and up-to-date account of the origin and growth of America's heartland. Includes black and white photographs, maps, illustrations, tables, notes, and an index.
cloth 254 pp. 1994 / ISBN 0-253-32832-2 / $35.00
Order No. 2095
Farm and Factory: Workers in the Midwest 1880-1990
Daniel Nelson
A unique Midwest history of work and workers from American's heartland of the 1880s. Originally an agriculture, mining, and forestry area, later turning to commercial and industrial activities.
cloth 272 pp. 1995 / ISBN 0-253-32883-7 / $29.95
Order No. 2170
Writing From the Center
Scott Russell Sanders
Although the geography is Midwestern, the impulses of these essays are universal. In substance, they seek and describe a center that is geographical, emotional, artistic, and spiritual.
cloth 188 pp. 1995 / ISBN 0-253-32941-8 / $25.00
Order No. 2272
Cities of the Heartland: The Rise and Fall of the Industrial Midwest
Jon C. Teaford
Best available study of midwestern cities of the U.S. from the 1830s to the 1980s for all who want to learn about the origins of the contemporary urban crisis.
paper 300 pp. 1994 / ISBN 0-253-20914-5 / $15.95
Order No. 2043
