116. In Appreciation of Stickiness and the Midwest with Jon Lauck

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Often lampooned as boring, bland, and less important than other regions in the country, might it be that the Midwest actually has its own regional identity and a story worth telling? Jon Lauck, a professor at the University of South Dakota thinks so. In this episode Kevin talks to Jon about his excellent new book The Good Country: A History of the American Midwest 1800-1900. They explore what made the region from Ohio to the Dakotas different from New England and from the South and why the old virtues of the Midwest might just be worth pursuing today. Chapters: 0:00 Intro and Sponsor 1:45 Guest: Jon Lauck 7:11 Midwest Definitions and Stereotypes 26:06 What is the Midwest's Future? 38:12 Sponsor 2: Scriptura 39:12 Midwest Cultural Characteristics 48:26 Reforms and Race Relations in the Midwest 53:02 The Land Grant Act and Universities 57:00 Teaching Men to Behave 1:00:45 Is It Bad to be Sticky? Book Links: https://www.wtsbooks.com/products/soc... The Good Country: A History of the American Midwest, 1800–1900 https://a.co/d/fL5ECrt The Interior Borderlands: Regional Identity in the Midwest and Great Plains https://a.co/d/9WCh6SD Main Street https://a.co/d/bLf4f3b The Big Sort: Why the Clustering of Like-Minded American is Tearing Us Apart https://a.co/d/dM6zEwi Southern evangelicals and the social order, 1800-1860 https://a.co/d/dWldkZR