The Rural Midwest Since World War II /

The Rural Midwest Since World War II / / J. L. Anderson.

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J.L. Anderson seeks to change the belief that the Midwest lacks the kind of geographic coherence, historical issues, and cultural touchstones that have informed regional identity in the American South, West, and Northeast. The goal of this illuminating volume is to demonstrate uniqueness in a region...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
VerfasserIn:
Anderson, J. L.,
MitwirkendeR:
Anderson, J.L.,
Danbom, David,
Devine, Jenny Barker,
Flora, Cornelia Butler,
Flora, Jan L.,
Hurt, R. Douglas,
Norris, Jim,
Pritchard, James A.,
Reid, Debra A.,
Reschly, Steven D.,
Riney-Kehrberg, Pamela,
Smith-Howard, Kendra,
Warren, Wilson J.,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2014]
©2014
Year of Publication:2014
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (335 p.) :; 22 halftones, 5 maps
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. A Landscape Transformed-Ecosystems and Natural Resources in the Midwest
  • 2. Ecology, Economy, Labor-The Midwestern Farm Landscape since 1945
  • 3. Beyond the Rust BELT-The Neglected History of the Rural Midwest's Industrialization after World War II
  • 4. Midwestern Rural Communities in the Post-WWII Era to 2000
  • 5. Uneasy Dependency-Rural and Farm Policy and the Midwest since 1945
  • 6. Farm women in the Midwest since 1945
  • 7. Childhood in the Rural Midwest since 1945
  • 8. "The Whitest of Occupations"?-African Americans in the Rural Midwest, 1940-2010
  • 9. Hispanics in the Midwest since World War II
  • 10. Internal Alternate
  • Conclusion. The Indistinct Distinctiveness of Rural Midwestern Culture
  • Contributors
  • Index

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