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The Heartland

An American History
  • Kristin L. Hoganson
2019
Penguin Books

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Featured Excerpts

  • Street sign for Flatville, surrounded by flat agricultural fields.
    Book Excerpt

    The View from the Middle of Everything

    Dispatches From Flatville, Illinois.
    by Kristin L. Hoganson via Literary Hub on April 25, 2019
  • Q&A

    ‘Midwesterners Have Seen Themselves As Being in the Center of Everything.’

    In “The Heartland,” Kristin L. Hoganson says America’s Midwest has been more connected to global events than remembered.
    by Kristin L. Hoganson, Bridey Heing via Longreads on April 23, 2019
  • Cows eating corn on an Illinois farm.
    Book Review

    Dismantling the Myth of ‘The Heartland’

    A new book explodes conventional ideas about the Midwest as America’s “insulated core.”
    by Meghan O'Gieblyn via New York Times
    This publication restricts nonsubscriber access to some or all of its articles.
    on April 23, 2019
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