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The Good Country

A History of the American Midwest, 1800–1900
  • Jon K. Lauck
2022
The University of Oklahoma Press

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  • Illustration of a man with a shovel working a farm; the background shows scenes of family and communal life
    Book Review

    Deep States

    The old Midwest was a place animated by the belief that a self-governing republic is the best regime for man.
    by Wilfred M. McClay via Claremont Review of Books on May 31, 2023
  • Map of Iowa and a drawing of a factory processing corn.
    Book Review

    Searching for the Spirit of the Midwest

    Was the nineteenth-century Midwest “the most advanced democratic society that the world had seen”?
    by Phil Christman via The New Republic
    This publication restricts nonsubscriber access to some or all of its articles.
    on February 22, 2023
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