References & Links

This is a working list of relevant links and sources on the topic of mapping, defining, or delineating "the Midwest." Recommendations welcomed.

LINKS

- "Mapping Chicago and the Midwest, 1688-1906," Hana Layson & Diane Dillon. Newberry Library digital collection.

- "12 Ways to Map the Midwest," Aaron M. Renn, 29 October 25.

- "The Midwest," Bill Rankin, Radical Cartography, 2013. (h/t to EC)

- "Mapping the Midwest: Keynote at the Midwestern History Association," Jason Heppler, 21 September 2017.

- "Midwestern History is on the Map," Kritika Agarwal, AHA Perspectives, 3 December 2018.

- “The Surprising Origin of the Phrase 'Flyover Country'” Gabe Bullard, National Geographic 14 March 2016.

- “The view from flyover country,” Sarah Kendzior, Al Jazeera

- “Which States Are in the Midwest?” Walt Hickey, FiveThirtyEight, 29 April 2014

- “Maps of the Midwest,” Raygun

- "'Midwest' Discovered Between East and West Coasts," The Onion, 7 June 2005

- Wikipedia

BIBLIOGRAPHY

- Bradway, Becky (ed). In the Middle of the Middle West: Literary Nonfiction from the Heartland, 2003.

- Cayton, Andrew R.L. & Susan E Gray (eds). The American Midwest: Essays on Regional History, 2001.

- Garreau, Joel. The Nine Nations of North America, 1982.

- Hutton, Graham. Midwest at Noon, 1946.

- Kendzior, Sarah. The View From Flyover Country: Dispatches from the Forgotten America, 2015.

- Lauck, Jon K. The Lost Region: Toward a Revival of Midwestern History, 2013.

- Longworth, Richard C. Caught in the Middle: America's Heartland in the Age of Globalism, 2007.

- Madison, James H. (ed). Heart Land: Comparative Histories of the Midwestern States, 1988.

- Marton, Michael.

- McClelland, Edward. How to Speak Midwestern, 2016.

- Murray, John J. (ed). The Heritage of the Middle West, 1958.

- Woodard, Colin. American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America, 2011.

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So far, this bibliography mainly consists of a book I found in the bargain bin at 57th Street Books and part of the shelf of Midwestern content at the Harold Washington Public Library (United States Library of Congress call numbers F351-F353, subject heading "Mississippi Valley").

I had planned to conduct further research on this topic at the Newberry Library, American Geographical Society Library, and Maclean Collection for Spring 2020. We all know how that turned out.

Additional citations and recommendations welcome.