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The Conservative Heartland is essential reading for anyone interested in how and why the Midwest has become America's most contested political battleground. Anchored by Lauck and Stock's superb introductory essay, a talented group of historians provide a tour d'horizon of the Midwest's economic and cultural fracture lines, revealing how the region became the proving ground for an enduring strain of conservative politics. --David Farber, Roy A. Roberts Distinguished Professor, University of Kansas, and author of The Rise and Fall of Modern American Conservatism This timely book provides a trove of great information for people who want to understand the history and politics of the Midwest. Despite covering many subjects and using diverse methods, it is extremely readable and will be approachable and helpful for both scholars and students. --George Hawley, author of Right-Wing Critics of American Conservatism

[The] essays offer a variety of meaningful ways for thinking about the significance of the Midwest in shaping and responding to the rise of the New Right since the mid-twentieth century.--Indiana Magazine of HistoryThe contributors' attentiveness to religion, culture, and ethnicity and not simply to class and economics is welcome and refreshing.--Kansas History Scholars and undergraduate students alike, will find much food for thought in The Conservative Heartland, including a number of compelling new stories and case studies to freshen up course lectures, discussion, and assignments.--Nebraska History No one interested in the ebb and flow of midwestern politics should miss this book. Highly recommended.--Choice Helps us understand the often ignored flyover states and their influence in contemporary politics.--H-Net Reviews The Conservative Heartland is essential reading for anyone interested in how and why the Midwest has become America's most contested political battleground. Anchored by Lauck and Stock's superb introductory essay, a talented group of historians provide a tour d'horizon of the Midwest's economic and cultural fracture lines, revealing how the region became the proving ground for an enduring strain of conservative politics.--David Farber, Roy A. Roberts Distinguished Professor, University of Kansas, and author of The Rise and Fall of Modern American ConservatismThis timely book provides a trove of great information for people who want to understand the history and politics of the Midwest. Despite covering many subjects and using diverse methods, it is extremely readable and will be approachable and helpful for both scholars and students.--George Hawley, author of Right-Wing Critics of American Conservatism

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Jon K. Lauck is the founding president of the Midwestern History Association, editor-in-chief of the Middle West Review, and adjunct professor of political science at the University of South Dakota. Catherine McNicol Stock is the Barbara Zaccheo Kohn '72 Professor of History at Connecticut College.

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