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MAKING THE HEARTLAND QUILT
A GEOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF SETTLEMENT AND MIGRATION IN EARLY-NINETEENTH-CENTURY ILLINOIS |
| By: |
Douglas K. Meyer |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£33.50 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0809322897 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780809322893 |
| Publisher: |
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
14 June, 2000 |
| Pages: |
384 |
| Description: |
This work reconstructs the settlement patterns of 33 immigrant groups in early-19th-century Illinois. It argues that mid-continental Illinois was a historical test-strip of the diverse diverse population origins that unfolded during the Great Migration. |
| Synopsis: |
In Making the Heartland Quilt, Douglas K. Meyer reconstructs the settlement patterns of thirty-three immigrant groups and confirms the emergence of discrete culture regions and regional way stations. Meyer argues that midcontinental Illinois symbolizes a historic test strip of the diverse population origins that unfolded during the Great Migration. Basing his research on the 1850 U.S. manuscript schedules, Meyer dissects the geographical configurations of twenty-three native and ten foreign-born adult male immigrant groups who peopled Illinois. His historical geographical approach leads to the comprehension of a new and clearer map of settlement and migration history in the state. Meyer finds that both cohesive and mixed immigrant settlements were established. Balkan-like immigrant enclaves or islands were interwoven into evolving local, regional, and national settlement networks. The midcontinental location of Illinois, its water and land linkages, and its lengthy north-south axis enhanced cultural diversity. The barrier effect of Lake Michigan contributed to the convergence and mixing of immigrants. Thus, Meyer demonstrates, Illinois epitomizes midwestern dichotomies: northern versus southern; native-born versus foreign-born; rural versus urban; and agricultural versus manufacturing. |
| Illustrations: |
10tabs.67M. |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Southern Illinois University Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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