| Description |
xii, 350 pages : maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The Exceptionalism of the Old Square World -- "A Free and Unrestricted Mode of Life": Planting Democracy in the Midwest -- "Moulded for Good": The Growth of a Common Democratic Culture in the Midwest -- "The Attitude of a Section Itself": The Formation of Midwestern Regional Identity -- "Also a Seamy Side to Certain Phases of the History of the Valley": Racial Failures and Advances in the Good Country -- "Nothing Else Quite like It in the World": The Midwest and the Age of Mild Reform -- Finding Virtue in the Good Country. |
| Summary |
"A history of the US Midwest in the nineteenth century, describing and analyzing a rich civic culture that prized education, literature, libraries, and the arts; developed a stable social order grounded in Victorian norms, republican virtue, and Christian teachings; was marred by overt racism but made significant progress toward racial equality; and generally put democratic ideals into practice further than any nation to date"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Political culture -- Middle West -- History -- 19th century.
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Middle West -- Civilization -- 19th century.
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Middle West -- Politics and government -- 19th century.
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Middle West -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.
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| Added Title |
History of the American Midwest, 1800-1900 |
| ISBN |
9780806190631 hardcover |
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0806190639 hardcover |
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9780806190648 paperback |
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0806190647 paperback |
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