Summary
"A history of a quintessentially American place - the rural and small town heartland -- that uncovers deep yet hidden currents of connection with the world"-- Full description
- Introduction : what is the nation, at heart?
- Between place and space : the pioneering politics of locality
- Meat in the middle : converging borderlands in the U.S. Midwest
- Hog-tied : the roots of the modern American empire
- The isolationist capital of America : hotbed of alliance politics
- Flownover states : the view from the middle of everything
- Home, land, security : exile, dispossession, and loss
- Conclusion : the nation, at heart.