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02388aom a2200349 i 4500 001 E1829F4ABCE111EEA22CC97A4BECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240127010046 008 210420t20222020ohu||| | ||eng d 020 $a 9781953368089 020 $a 1953368085 040 $d SILO 043 $a n-usc-- 100 1 $a Christman, Phil, $e author. 245 10 $a Midwest futures [book club kit] / $c Phil Christman. 264 1 $a Cleveland, OH : $b Belt Publishing, $c [2022] 300 $a 6 books (154 pages) ; $c 18 cm $a 1 discussion sheet ; $c 8.5 x 11 in ; $a 1 notebook (80 pages) ; $c 22 x 14 cm ; $a 6 books (154 pages) ; $c 18 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 520 $a "What does the future hold for the Midwest? A vast stretch of fertile farmland bordering one of the largest concentrations of fresh water in the world, the Midwestern US seems ideally situated for the coming challenges of climate change. But it also sits at the epicenter of a massive economic collapse that many of its citizens are still struggling to overcome. The question of what the Midwest is (and what it will become) is nothing new. As Phil Christman writes in this idiosyncratic new book, ambiguity might be the region's defining characteristic. Taking a cue from Jefferson's grid, the famous rectangular survey of the Old Northwest Territory that turned everything from Ohio to Wisconsin into square-mile lots, Christman breaks his exploration of Midwestern identity, past and present, into 36 brief, interconnected essays. The result is a sometimes sardonic, often uproarious, and consistently thought-provoking look at a misunderstood place and the people who call it home."-- $c Amazon.com. 586 $a A Commonweal Notable Book of 2020 and Winner of the Independent Publisher Awards' 2020 Bronze Medal for Great Lakes Nonfiction. 650 0 $a Agriculture. 650 0 $a Environmental economics. 650 7 $a Agriculture. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00801355 650 7 $a Environmental economics. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00912895 651 0 $a Middle West $x History. 651 7 $a Middle West. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01240052 655 7 $a Essays. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919922 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 655 7 $a Essays. $2 lcgft 941 $a 1 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20240127012237.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E1829F4ABCE111EEA22CC97A4BECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search