基本説明
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.
Full Description
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.
Contents
I. Introduction II. Landscapes and People 1. Portraits of the Twelve States 2. Images of the Midwest 3. Geography 4. Peoples III. Society and Culture 5. Language 6. Folklore 7. Literature 8. Arts 9. Cultural Institutions 10. Religion 11. Education 12. Sports and Recreation 13. Media and Entertainment IV. Community and Social Life14. Rural Life 15. Small-Town Life 16. Urban and Suburban Life V. Economy and Technology17. Labor and Working-Class Culture 18. Transportation 19. Science and Technology, Health and Medicine VI. Public Life 20. Constitutional and Legal Culture 21. Politics 22. Military Affairs Index
