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The lost region : toward a revival of Midwestern history / by Jon K. Lauck.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lauck, Jon, 1971- author.
- Series:
- Iowa and the Midwest experience
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Regionalism.
- History.
- Middle West--History.
- Middle West.
- Regionalism--Middle West--History.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 166 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2013]
- Summary:
- In comparison to the South, the far West, and New England, the Midwest's history has been sadly neglected. The Lost Region demonstrates the regions importance, the depth of historical work once written about it, 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. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Introduction: The lost region
- Why the Midwest matters
- The prairie historians and the foundations of Midwestern history
- The case for Midwestern history
- Toward a revival of Midwestern history.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781609381899
- 1609381890
- OCLC:
- 835116488
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