Midwest American History – alle Bücher, Blu-ray Discs und DVDs

The Liberal Heartland

Over the last two decades, the political narrative of the "liberal coasts" and the "conservative heartland" has become something of a truism, leading many Democrats to write off much o…

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Jon K Lauck
Between Loving and Leaving

Long neglected by historians, the American Midwest has come to be known as the " Lost Region." But in the last decade a cadre of dedicated scholars has worked to remedy this oversight, launching…

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Audrey Thayer
Weaving Community

A compelling history of the often overlooked work of contemporary Native American women who took action to strengthen the bonds within and among their urban communities.From the 1960s through the 1990s in…

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Mary I Unger
Reading the Renaissance

From 1932 to 1953, during the Black Chicago Renaissance, numerous literary events were held within and for the city's Black community. In book clubs, public forums, print reviews, little magazines, local …

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Michelle Adams
The Containment

Winner of the MAAH Stone Book Award Winner of the 2025 Avern Cohn AwardANew York TimesNotable Book of 2025, A New Yorker Best Book of 2025 selection A Christian Science Monitor 25 Best Books of 2025 The e…

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Thomas Xavier Sarmiento
The Heartland of U.S. Empire

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Thomas Xavier Sarmiento
The Heartland of U.S. Empire

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Ashley Howard
Midwest Unrest

Explores those rebellions in US cities during the 1960s, paying particular attention to the ways that region, race, class, and gender all played critical and often overlapping roles in shaping Black peopl…

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Lingering Inland

Vignettes by writers engaging with prominent and obscure Midwestern locales How do the stories we tell about Midwestern places influence or reflect our experiences? How is the literature of a place or a r…

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John E Hancock
Traveler's Guide to Ancient Ohio

Featuring the Hopewell Ceremonial EarthworksTraveler's Guide to Ancient Ohi o is a compact, richly illustrated, and in-depth travel guide to the Indigenous earthwork wonders of southern Ohio-some of the m…

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Don Zminda
Justice Batted Last

"On May 1, 1951, Orestes "Minnie" Minoso took the field for the Chicago White Sox and broke the color line for Chicago major league baseball. Ernie Banks integrated the Chicago Cubs two yea…

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Amani C Morrison
A Kitchenette to Fit Your Needs

During the twentieth century's Great Migration, kitchenette apartments served as the primary homes for Black migrants to Chicago. These small one- and two-room units were often illegally converted from la…

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Samantha Ege
South Side Impresarios

"Between the world wars, Chicago Race women nurtured a local yet widely resonant Black classical music community entwined with Black civic life. Samantha Ege tells the stories of the Black women whos…

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Ka F Wong
Enmity and Empathy

The experiences of Japanese Americans and their allies fighting discrimination in wartime Minnesota demonstrate how diverse groups stood together amidst the turmoil--a legacy relevant in today's divisive …

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Michelle Adams
The Containment

Winner of the MAAH Stone Book Award Winner of the 2025 Avern Cohn AwardANew York TimesNotable Book of 2025, A New Yorker Best Book of 2025 selection A Christian Science Monitor 25 Best Books of 2025 The e…

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Maurine Watkins,
Chicago

In 1924, the murder trials of Beulah Annan and Belva Gaertner shocked the world, providing the real-life inspiration for Maurine Watkins's unforgettable characters, Roxie Hart and Velma Kelly. Now, a cent…

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Wilbert L Cooper
The Black Shield

Both an epic history and an intimate family story, a startling account of the lives of Black cops in one Midwestern city.In the wake of the George Floyd protests, a Black police organization in Cleveland …

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Nebraska Government and Politics

Nebraska Government and Politics offers an in-depth examination of the connection between governmental institutions and the enduring political culture, traditions, and heritage of Nebraska.

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Roberta Walburn
Miles Lord

The life of a crusading federal judge who stood up and fought for "the little guy"This is the story of Miles Lord (1919--2016), who rose from humble beginnings on Minnesota's Iron Range to becom…

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Justin Ellis
The Cruelty of Nice Folks

A revelatory look at one of America's most progressive cities---Minneapolis---as journalist Justin Ellis returns to his hometown to grapple with the quiet history of white supremacy there in the wake of G…

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