The heartland : an American history / Kristin L. Hoganson.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Penguin Press, 2019Description: xxvi, 399 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781594203572
- 1594203571
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Dr. James Carlson Library | NonFiction | 977 H714 | Available | 33111009349974 | ||||
Adult Book | Main Library | NonFiction | 977 H714 | Available | 33111009146909 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
In The Heartland, Kristin L. Hoganson drills deep into the centre of the country, only to find a global story in the resulting core sample. Deftly navigating the disconnect between history and myth, she tracks both the backstory of this region and the evolution of the idea of an unalloyed heart at the centre of the land. A provocative and highly original work of historical scholarship, The Heartland speaks volumes about pressing preoccupations, among them identity and community, immigration and trade, and security and global power.
"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.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [313]-386) and index.
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.