The lost region : toward a revival of Midwestern history

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Label

The lost region : toward a revival of Midwestern history

Title remainder

toward a revival of Midwestern history

Statement of responsibility

by Jon K. Lauck

Creator

• Lauck, Jon, 1971-

Author

• Lauck, Jon, 1971-

Subject

• Middle West -- History
• Regionalism -- Middle West -- History
• History

Genre

• History

Language

eng

Summary

The American Midwest is an orphan among regions. In comparison to the South, the far West, and New England, its history has been sadly neglected. To spark more attention to their region, midwestern historians will need to explain the Midwest{u2019}s crucial roles in the development of the entire country: it helped spark the American Revolution and stabilized the young American republic by strengthening its economy and endowing it with an agricultural heartland; it played a critical role in the Union victory in the Civil War; it extended the republican institutions created by the American founders, and then its settler populism made those institutions more democratic; it weakened and decentered the cultural dominance of the urban East; and its bustling land markets deepened Americans{u2019} embrace of capitalist institutions and attitudes. In addition to outlining the centrality of the Midwest to crucial moments in American history, Jon K. Lauck resurrects the long-forgotten stories of the institutions founded by an earlier generation of midwestern historians, from state historical societies to the Mississippi Valley Historical Association. Their strong commitment to local and regional communities rooted their work in place and gave it an audience outside the academy. He also explores the works of these scholars, showing that they researched a broad range of themes and topics, often pioneering fields that remain vital today. The Lost Region demonstrates the importance of the Midwest, the depth of historical work once written about the region, the continuing insights that can be gleaned from this body of knowledge, and the lessons that can be learned from some of its prominent historians, all with the intent of once again finding the forgotten center of the nation and developing a robust historiography of the Midwest

Member of

• Iowa and the Midwest experience

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

977

Index

index present

LC call number

F351

LC item number

.L33 2013

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Iowa and the Midwest experience