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Richard Sisson, Christian Zacher, and Andrew Cayton, eds. The American Midwest: An Interpretive Encyclopedia. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2007. Pp. 1890. Charts. Index. Maps. Photographs. Source notes and further readings. Tables. Cloth, $75.00.
      The American Midwest: An Interpretive Encyclopedia is a comprehensive volume that captures the history, cultural diversity, and varied geography of America's heartland. Popular images often portray the twelve-state region as a place where average and hardworking, but often dull Americans live. In their introductory essays to The American Midwest, however, general editors Richard Sisson and Andrew Cayton clearly illustrate that the Midwest is a distinct and complex region, which is occupied by people of varied ethnic and social backgrounds who have played a pivotal role in American history. . . .
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