The American Midwest: Essays on Regional History

by Andrew Clayton

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 begin with the assumption that Midwesterners have never been as consciously regional as Western or Southern Americans. They note the peculiar absence of the Midwest from the recent revival of interest in American...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253339413
• ISBN13: 9780253339416
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 261 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.6" x 9.6"