The American Midwest: An Interpretive EncyclopediaAndrew R. L. Cayton, Richard Sisson, Chris Zacher Indiana University Press, 2006年11月8日 - 1916 頁 This first-ever encyclopedia of the Midwest seeks to embrace this large and diverse area, to give it voice, and help define its distinctive character. Organized by topic, it encourages readers to reflect upon the region as a whole. Each section moves from the general to the specific, covering broad themes in longer introductory essays, filling in the details in the shorter entries that follow. There are portraits of each of the region's twelve states, followed by entries on society and culture, community and social life, economy and technology, and public life. The book offers a wealth of information about the region's surprising ethnic diversity -- a vast array of foods, languages, styles, religions, and customs -- plus well-informed essays on the region's history, culture and values, and conflicts. A site of ideas and innovations, reforms and revivals, and social and physical extremes, the Midwest emerges as a place of great complexity, signal importance, and continual fascination. |
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... grain into portable goods such as beer and flour or butchering hogs into a multitude of products. A variety of large cities grew up in the region, but Chicago—established in 1833, only half a century be- fore its White City would dazzle ...
... grain and livestock to Chicago, where the produce was converted to products and shipped around the country. Then the steel mills appeared, and Chicago industry filled the skies with smoke. In the 1860s, the stockyards opened, hanging ...
... grain—slowed the trend but did not stop it. And al- though North Dakota cities gained in population as small towns lost, their economies lacked the kind of diversity that might have offset overall decline. The devastating Red River ...
... grain production, mining and forest industries. Most people live in Rapid City, Hot Springs, Spearfish, Lemmon, Philip, and a few scat- tered small towns and supply stations. Native Americans retain five reservations close to the ...
... Grain Elevators 100 Silos 102 Windmills 101 John Deere and Other Tractors Books 120 103 Landscapes of Steel 104 Yoopers 106 Hedgerows 106 Hurley , Hibbing , and Iron - Mining Landscapes 107 Duluth Ore Boats 108 Hoosier 123 Garrison ...
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Peoples | 177 |
Society and Culture | 275 |
Language | 277 |
Folklore | 349 |
Literature | 425 |
Arts | 527 |
Rural Life | 991 |
SmallTown Life | 1075 |
Urban and Suburban Life | 1143 |
Economy and Technology | 1247 |
Labor Movements and Workingclass Culture | 1249 |
Transportation | 1343 |
Science and Technology Health and Medicine | 1443 |
Public Life | 1537 |
Cultural Institutions | 613 |
Religion | 703 |
Education | 793 |
Sports and Recreation | 867 |
Media and Entertainment | 933 |
Community and Social Life | 989 |
Constitutional and Legal Culture | 1539 |
Politics | 1611 |
Military Affairs | 1727 |
Index | 1807 |
About the Editors | 1891 |