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  • American Agriculture and the Problem of Monopoly

    The Political Economy of Grain Belt Farming, 1953-1980

    by Jon K. Lauck ...
    The breathtaking number of mergers and joint ventures among agribusiness firms has left independent American farmers facing the power of an increasingly concentrated buying sector. The origin of farmers’ concern with such economic concentration dates back to protests against meatpackers and railroads in the late nineteenth century. Jon Lauck examines the dimensions of this problem in the American ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • The Lost Region

    Toward a Revival of Midwestern History

    by Jon K. Lauck ...
    Series series Iowa and the Midwest Experience
    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’s crucial roles in the development of the entire country: it helped spark the American Revolution and stabilized the young American republic by strengthening ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • The Liberal Heartland

    A Political History of the Postwar American Midwest

    Edited by Jon K. Lauck, Catherine McNicol Stock ...
    Over the last two decades, the political narrative of the “liberal coasts” and the “conservative heartland” has become something of a truism, leading many Democrats to write off much of the Midwest as a Republican stronghold. Today’s polarized divide between rural and urban voters makes it easy to forget that things have not always been this way. The Liberal Heartland is a powerful reminder that ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • From Warm Center to Ragged Edge

    The Erosion of Midwestern Literary and Historical Regionalism, 1920-1965

    by Jon K. Lauck ...
    Series series Iowa and the Midwest Experience
    During the half-century after the Civil War, intellectuals and politicians assumed the Midwest to be the font and heart of American culture. Despite the persistence of strong currents of midwestern regionalism during the 1920s and 1930s, the region went into eclipse during the post–World War II era. In the apt language of Minnesota’s F. Scott Fitzgerald, the Midwest slid from being the “warm ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • The Good Country

    A History of the American Midwest, 1800–1900

    by Jon K. Lauck ...
    At the center of American history is a hole—a gap where some scholars’ indifference or disdain has too long stood in for the true story of the American Midwest. A first-ever chronicle of the Midwest’s formative century, The Good Country restores this American heartland to its central place in the nation’s history.Jon K. Lauck, the premier historian of the region, puts midwestern “squares” center ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • The Oxford Handbook of Midwestern History

    Edited by Jon Lauck ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    The Midwest region holds a pivotal place in the tapestry of American history. The Oxford Handbook of Midwestern History delves into this rich heritage with chapters on topics ranging from the early Native American and French Midwest to the impact of the Northwest Ordinance and the Great Lakes, the emergence of Midwest regional consciousness after the Civil War, and the role of the Midwest's ... Read more

    $158.99 USD

  • Daschle vs. Thune

    Anatomy of a High-Plains Senate Race

    by Jon K. Lauck ...
    The story behind the unseating of a Senate majority leader the race between Tom Daschle and John Thune in South Dakota was widely acknowledged as “the other big race of 2004.” Second in prominence only to the presidential race, the Daschle-Thune contest pitted the rival political ideologies that have animated American politics since the 1960s. In a sign of the ongoing strength of political ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • City of Hustle

    A Sioux Falls Anthology

    Edited by Patrick Hicks, Jon K Lauck ...
    Series series Belt City Anthologies
    An anthology of essays and poetry offering a unique take on the South Dakota town residents call "the Best Little City in America".In 1992, Money magazine named Sioux Falls, South Dakota, the best place to live in America. This rich anthology offers an inside look at the city through the eyes of both longtime residents and recent transplants. In over forty-five essays, you'll hear stories about ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Conservative Heartland

    A Political History of the Postwar American Midwest

    Edited by Jon K. Lauck, Catherine McNicol Stock ...
    In the wake of the 2016 presidential election there was widespread shock that the Midwest, the Democrats’ so-called blue wall, had been so effectively breached by Donald Trump. But the blue wall, as The Conservative Heartland makes clear, was never quite as secure as so many observers assumed. A deep look at the Midwest’s history of conservative politics, this timely volume reveals how ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Between Loving and Leaving

    Essays on the New Midwestern History

    Edited by Jon K. Lauck ...
    Long neglected by historians, the American Midwest has come to be known as the "Lost Region." But in the last decade a cadre of dedicated scholars has worked to remedy this oversight, launching new associations, conferences, and journals that have given rise to the New Midwestern History. Between Loving and Leaving reveals the depth and breadth of this revived field, showcasing its variety and ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • North Country

    Essays on the Upper Midwest and Regional Identity

    Edited by Jon K. Lauck, Gleaves Whitney ...
    Travel north from the upper Midwest’s metropolises, and before long you’re “Up North”—a region that’s hard to define but unmistakable to any resident or tourist. Crops give way to forests, mines (or their remains) mark the landscape, and lakes multiply, becoming ever clearer until you reach the vastness of the Great Lakes. How to characterize this region, as distinct from the agrarian Midwest, is ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

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    The Conservative Heartland

    A Political History of the Postwar American Midwest

    Narrated by Mike Chamberlain, Teri Schnaubelt ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 39 min

    In the wake of the 2016 presidential election there was widespread shock that the Midwest, the Democrats' so-called blue wall, had been so effectively breached by Donald Trump. But the blue wall, as The Conservative Heartland makes clear, was never quite as secure as so many observers assumed.Focusing on nine states, from Iowa and the Dakotas to Indiana and Ohio, the essays in this collection ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook