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Making the Heartland Quilt: A Geographical History of Settlement and Migration in Early Nineteenth-Century Illinois
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by Douglas K. Meyer
Sales Rank: 2385229
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Cover Type: Hard Cover with 360 pages
Published by: Southern Illinois University PressEdition: 1st Edition edition June 14, 2000
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0809322897
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0809322893
Book Dimensions:
9.6 x 6.4 x 1.1 inches
Weighs: 1.6 pounds
Product Description
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 United States 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.
About The Author
Douglas K. Meyer is a professor of geography at Eastern Illinois University. He is the coauthor (with John A. Jakle and Robert W. Bastian) of Common Houses in America’s Small Towns: The Atlantic Seaboard to the Mississippi Valley and (with Nancy Easter Shick) coauthor of a Pictorial Landscape History of Charleston, Illinois.
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