Remaking the Heartland: Middle America Since the 1950s

by Robert Wuthnow

Book Overview

For many Americans, the Midwest is a vast unknown. In Remaking the Heartland, Robert Wuthnow sets out to rectify this. He shows how the region has undergone extraordinary social transformations over the past half-century and proven itself surprisingly resilient in the face of such hardships as the Great Depression and the movement of residents to other parts of the country. He examines the heartland's reinvention throughout the decades and traces...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 069114611X
• ISBN13: 9780691146119
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.3"